ADP employment report: Midsize firms start hiring again

Christian Science Monitor: ADP employment report: Midsize firms start hiring again

Private midsize firms hired 9,000 workers in January, the first gain in two years, according to the ADP employment report.

Medium-sized businesses are back in hiring mode.

After leading the charge in laying off workers during most of the recession, they added a net 9,000 workers last month, the ADP National Employment Report said Wednesday. That's the first employment growth among companies with 50 to 499 workers in two years.

Overall, the economy still lost 22,000 jobs between December and January, according to the ADP report. But that was the smallest decline since February 2008. …


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One response to “ADP employment report: Midsize firms start hiring again”

  1. Midsize businesses are still struggling despite the increase in jobs. These businesses have lost 3.2 million jobs since the economic crisis began. Nationwide these companies employ more than 42 million Americans.

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