2025 Q1 Employment Outlook Survey Findings

This document is a report on the findings of the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey for the first quarter of 2025. It presents the hiring intentions of 40,413 employers across 42 countries, focusing on trends in workforce and industry outlooks. The report indicates a global Net Employment Outlook of 25%, which remains unchanged from the previous quarter but shows a slight decrease of 1 percentage point compared to Q1 2024. The survey highlights that 30% of companies have fully achieved gender equality, an increase from 24% the previous year. The report also details hiring expectations by country, with the highest demand reported in the Information Technology and Finance sectors. Additionally, it discusses regional variations in hiring intentions, with North America showing the strongest outlook at 32%, while Europe, the Middle East, and Africa report the lowest at 19%. The document outlines trends in gender equality and pay equity initiatives among organizations.