Regional outlook on global level

The Netherlands is amongst countries with the strongest quarter outlooks

With stable outlooks across the regions, employers in North America (+35%) reported the strongest hiring intentions, followed by Asia Pacific (+31%), Central and South Americas (+29%), and EMEA (+20%).

Employment outlooks across Europe, the Middle East, & Africa (EMEA) show substantial differences on country level

Hiring expectations remain the lowest, although steady, in the EMEA region (+20%), moderately increasing (+2%) since last quarter and slightly weaker since Q3 2022 (-3 percentage points).

Outlooks vary across the region with employers most keen to hire in the Netherlands (+39%), South Africa (+34%), and the UK (+29%).

Employer expectations across the Americas overall quite positive

All 11 countries and territories in North, Central and South America report positive employment outlooks for Q3, improving in 7 countries quarter-over-quarter and 2 compared to this time last year.

Employers across Puerto Rico (+35%), the U.S. (+35%), Canada (+34%), report increases in their Outlooks compared to last quarter. Both the U.S. and Canada expect hiring to be weaker compared to intentions year-over-year, both decreasing by 3 percentage points.

Hiring managers in Costa Rica report strongest intentions (+43%) both regionally and globally, regionally followed by Peru (+38%) and Mexico (+36%).

Hiring outlooks across Asia Pacific (APAC) look promising

Hiring managers across APAC anticipate increasing headcount (+31%), improving when compared to the previous quarter (+4 percentage points) but slightly weakening year-over-year (-1 percentage point).

Australia (+37%), India (+36%), and China (+35%) report the strongest outlooks. The most cautious Outlooks were reported by employers in Japan (+14%) and Taiwan (+15%).

Strongest hiring intentions globally for the IT industry sector are found in Australia (61%), Energy & Utilities in China (61%), and Financials & Real Estate in Singapore (50%).