More companies plan to hire new employees than to dismiss the current ones

The forecasted demand of companies for new employees in Poland has achieved the lowest result in nearly two years, although the mood among employers is still “moderately positive” – ​​according to the ManpowerGroup report. Despite this, more companies are planning to employ new employees than to dismiss those present.

The reduction of full -time jobs from July to September, i.e. in the third quarter of this year, plans 20 percent. companies, and 31 percent He wants to employ new employees. The largest group – 47 percent – He doesn't plan any changes in the frame. The authors of the study also reported that the net employment forecast for Poland, which is to present companies' demand for new employees, amounted to +11 percent. “This is the lowest result in nearly two years, from the second quarter of 2023. Compared to the period of April -June, the forecast dropped at 5 pp., As well as 4 pp in annual terms,” ​​it was informed.

The director of MANPOWERGRUP Cited in the study Tomasz Walenczak pointed out that the forecast still indicates “moderately positive moods among employers.” “Their weakness is the effect of rationalization of personnel decisions and adapting to economic conditions,” said the director. He pointed out that the most common reason for recruitment is the development of companies, technological progress and specialist knowledge, as well as expansion to new markets. “In turn, employment reductions are most often due to the restriction of the demand for products or services of companies,” he added.

In the third quarter of this year. – As the authors of the study added – recruitments plan to conduct employers from all the analyzed sectors. The highest net employment forecast is in the energy sector and municipal services, where it reaches +34 percent. IT (+23 percent), communication services (+20 %) and related to the area of ​​natural sciences and healthcare (+15 %) also have high demand. The lowest but positive forecast was recorded by the industry and raw materials sector (+6 %)

In the look at the regions, the greatest demand for employees is reported by companies from the center of the country (+16 percent), the north (+15 %) and the southwest (+14 percent). The slightly smaller net employment forecast is in the northwest (+10 %), and the smallest in the regions of East Poland (+3 %), and South (+2 %).

Small companies employing less than 10 people are the least willing to recruit, where the net employment forecast was +7 percent. “A greater appetite for new talents can be seen in medium -sized enterprises – forecasts reach +13 percent here” – the authors noted. They added that corporations employing over 5,000 people declare the greatest recruitment optimism at the level of +17 percent.

According to Walenczak, the report confirmed that “large enterprises and corporations are today the most active players on the labor market.” “In the context of the inevitable shrinking of human resources, it is smaller companies that may be particularly vulnerable to staffing problems if they do not take active actions in the field of human improvement,” he assessed. According to him, a decrease in employee availability will lead to “increasingly stronger competition with talents, which will force larger investments in the detention and development of current employees.”

The average net employment forecast for the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) amounted to +19 percent, which is a decrease of 1 percentage point in quarterly. Employers from the United Arab Emirates (+48 percent), the Netherlands (+30 percent) and Ireland (+29 percent) are planning the most recruitment. “Importantly, companies from all 23 analyzed countries plan to employ new employees from July to the end of September. Poland was in the 21st place in the ranking of 23 EMEA countries, the lower results were recorded only by Romania (+10 %) and Hungary (+5 %)” – added the authors.

“ManpowerGroup Barometer employment prospects” was developed on the basis of interviews covering a sample of 524 employers in Poland. The study was conducted from 1 to 30 April 2025. “Net employment forecast” is a percentage difference between the percentage of employers predicting the increase in total employment and the percentage of companies expecting a decrease in total employment in their branch in the next quarter.

MANPOWER GROUP is a business advisor in the field of HR solutions. The company has nearly 50 branches and employs over 500 own employees. (PAP)

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