MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nation’s unemployment rate may have hit a 26-year high in September
but many small business
owners are getting ready to hire.
The latest Intuit Payroll survey from Intuit
Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU) finds that nearly half of the small business
owners surveyed, 44 percent, are planning
to hire new employees within the next 12 months. At the same time,
many small business owners believe that benefits are key to attracting
new hires but are finding them difficult to afford.
“Economists may have declared the recession over, but on Main Street,
unemployment figures are what really matter,” said Nora Denzel, senior
vice president of Intuit’s Employee Management Solutions Division, which
helps more than 1 million small businesses easily and affordably manage
their payroll. “There are struggles ahead, nobody is uncorking the
champagne bottle quite yet, but we are starting to see small signs of
optimism.”
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Tags: economy, jobs, careers, small businesses
Categories: The Economy