Hire or fire?

Global employment outlook doesn`t look so nice in the last 2 years.But,where employers are most optimistic, and pessimistic?

IN 27 out of 36 countries surveyed by Manpower, an employment-services firm, more companies said they expected to add jobs in the three months to the end of June than said they reckoned on reducing their workforce. The difference between the proportion of hirers and firers was highest in Brazil and India. Throughout Asia companies have become more optimistic about hiring than they were a year ago, most dramatically in Singapore but only slightly in Japan.

Things look less rosy in Europe. In several countries,

including Spain and Ireland, more companies expect

 to see cuts to their workforce than expect it to grow.

Of the four countries where the outlook has darkened,

three are in Europe.