38 BCBusiness January 2015
Which of the following describes
how your organization will
perform, when it comes to the
number of employees, in the
next year?
On balance, not a bad picture for hiring in
2015: three in 10 business leaders (30 per cent)
say their company will hire more employees
in the next 12 months, while just 16 per cent
expect to see a reduction in the number of
employees.
M o v i n g o n u p
o r d o w n
B u S i n e S S l e A d e r S S A y. . .
Thinking about the next six months, do you
expect the price of each of the following items to
go up, stay about the same or go down?
According to pollster Canseco, "I've been asking this question since
2008 in Canada and B.C. Every single time, gasoline came out as the
main thing that residents expect to be more expensive. Not this year."
A whopping 79 per cent of residents expect "a week's worth of gro-
ceries" to be more expensive, while lower proportions expect more
expensive gasoline (58 per cent) and real estate (53 per cent).
Groceries
79% ...Will Go up
17% ...Will stay the same
1% .....Will Go Down
3% .....not sure
Gasoline
58% ...Will Go up
23% ...Will stay the same
13% ...Will Go Down
6% .....not sure
Real estate
53% ...Will Go up
30% ...Will stay the same
8% .....Will Go Down
9% .....not sure
y e S
y e S
y e S
will hire More
employees
in nex t year
