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ProActive Personnel is a staffing agency that specializes in temporary, permanent and contract placement throughout Western Canada.

A hopeful hiring climate is expected for Edmonton in the spring, but employers aren't as optimistic as they were to start the year.

The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released Tuesday, found that 21 per cent of Edmontonarea employers plan to hire for the upcoming quarter (April to June), while nine per cent expect cutbacks, for a net outlook of 12 per cent

Sixty-nine per cent of employers will maintain their current staffing levels and one per cent were unsure of their hiring intentions.

The latest report from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) and RBC Royal Bank shows about half (47 per cent) of executives surveyed expect employment numbers to increase at their companies over the next 12 months. Twenty-two per cent are projecting increases of five per cent or more.Sixty-four per cent of respondent expressed optimism about the Canadian economy -a notable increase of 23 per cent over the previous quarter.The same amount -66 per cent -were optimistic about their company's prospects of the next year, according to the survey.

"Candidates are getting pickier again, getting fast job offers," says Sharlene Massie, chief executive of About Staffing in Calgary. "The employers are slow to follow, thinking they have a large choice in candidates, then losing out because the market has shifted. The employers will catch up soon."

He's noticed a particularly high level of increased hiring in oil and gas -particularly oil -but also financial services, accounting, transportation, construction, and human resources, as well as administrative head office jobs."There's more of a shift to Calgary being a hub of financial activity," he says.Compared to a year ago, employers have gone from hiring to fill vacancies to hiring for new positions -a clear signal of continued job growth.