Taiwan's Employment Outlook Second-Best in World: Poll

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Wu Ching-chun and Jamie Wang, Taiwan's Employment Outlook Second-Best in World: Poll. CNA, June 12, 2012
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/W ... amp;ID=201206120033
("Hiring expectations in Taiwan in the third quarter [of 2012] were the second-strongest in the world behind only India * * * Brazil came in third")

Note: The report is based on
2012 Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Manpower Group, June 12, 2012.
http://www.manpowergroup.com/press/meos.cfm

(A) Go to the first item "Global--Download Full Report (PDF)."
http://files.shareholder.com/dow ... lUS_MEOS_3Q2012.pdf

(1) Read page 12 first:
(a) "About the Survey: The survey has been running for 50 years
and is one of the most trusted surveys of employment activity
in the world."
(i) Survey Question: "How do you anticipate total employment at your location to change in the three months to the end of
September 2012 as compared to the current quarter?”

This answers my confusion: why Q3, not Q2, say?
(ii) Net Employment Outlook
(iii) Seasonal Adjustment
(2) "Demand in the Services sector is also fueling optimism in Taiwan as employers in the thriving Tourism segment struggle to find the right talent. Meanwhile, the strong third-quarter forecasts in mainland China’s Chonqing, Wuhan and Suzhou regions reflect how companies are moving operations inland to the Central & West region from the country’s coastal hubs as a means of offsetting labor arbitrage." page 6
(3) See historical charts for China (at page 6) AND Taiwan (page 7), both since 2005.

(B) Return to the survey. Select the first item: "Global--Download Chart"
http://files.shareholder.com/dow ... raCols1Tab2Q312.jpg

(1) Footnote 1 says, "Number in parenthesis is the Net Employment Outlook when adjusted to remove th impact of seasonal variations in hiring activity. Please note that this data is not available for all countries as a minimum of 17 quarters worth of data is required."
(2) For 3Q12:

China 17(20)
India 53(50)
Taiwan 40(37)