Richmond businesses are expecting to boost hiring efforts in the second quarter of 2012, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
The survey found that 35 per cent of employers in Richmond-Delta plan to hire during the upcoming quarter of April through June, while only three per cent of employers anticipate cutbacks.
Hiring expectations for Richmond-Delta were at 20 per cent in the last quarterly outlook report.
"Richmond-Delta was the biggest surprise for us," said Jeff Polkinghorne, manager of Richmond's branch of ManpowerGroup.
"It was one of the largest increases in the country - it came out to be in the top one or two."
In comparison, only three per cent of employers in Surrey plan to increase hiring next quarter.
Although the results didn't identify specific companies, they did reveal a trend in several industries where employment will likely hike.
In Richmond, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade businesses will be doing the most hiring, topped only by those in the construction trade which came in first overall provincially, too.
Polkinghorne's words came with a grain of salt, though: "A lot of these positions will be on the temp side of business."
The survey is conducted quarterly through a form sent to all businesses nationwide, and the return rate is more than 80 per cent. Businesses were asked simply whether they expected to hire, make cuts or maintain current staffing levels.
