Executive employment outlook improves

Despite rising oil prices and interest rates, ExecuNetís Executive Employment Outlook reached a new high in March, as executives grow more confident in the economyís ability to generate new jobs in the months ahead.

According to the survey of 193 executives, 70% are ìconfidentî or ìvery confidentî the executive employment market will improve in the next six months - up from a fourteen-month high of 65% in February. Twenty-one percent (21%) are ìsomewhat confidentî and 9% are ìnot confidentî the job market will get better during the next six months.

Forty percent (40%) of executives describe conditions in the executive employment market during the past 30 days as ìimproving.î

ìThe executive employment market is on a roll,î says Mark Anderson, President of ExecuNet. ìWith more companies turning their attention toward recruiting, an increasing number of executives are looking to take advantage of the stronger market.î

Among executives actively looking for a new opportunity, time spent in a job search averaged 4.8 months - down significantly from 6.5 months in February 2004. During the past 30 days, they had an average of 2.7 interviews.

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