The headline from this morning's story on E-Week shows signs of stability, if not outright growth. So are jobs leveling off AND being added among small businesses?
The post by leads off with, "Over the next three months, 90 percent of merchants expect to keep headcount the same or add jobs to their businesses." The article relies on data from MerchantCircle, a social network/business group for Small Business which indicates elevations in confidence from holiday sales at end of 2010 continued through each quarter this year so far.
Two large stats to emerge are, "Merchants remain cautiously optimistic about the economy and revenues: 57 percent of small business owners expect revenue to 'improve' or 'slightly improve' over the next three months," and, "Over the next three months, 90 percent of merchants expect to keep headcount the same or plan to add jobs to their businesses, down slightly from the previous quarter, when 92 percent of merchants expected to maintain or increase headcount."
So what's your business's outlook for the rest of this year? Do you see your headcount increasing, holding steady, or subject to some belt-tightening?
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