According to a recent Adecco Group Compensation and Workforce Trends survey, nearly 70 percent of organizations that have laid off or furloughed employees during the COVID-19 pandemic will back-fill roles that were eliminated (68%), even with 40% hiring freezes being the most important cost saving initiative to organizations during the pandemic to date.

“Even as the U.S. continues to grapple with economic fall-out and uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s encouraging to see that employers are thinking about the future and approaching talent management and acquisition in thoughtful ways,” says Laurie Chamberlin, President of the Adecco Group’s Professional Recruitment and Solutions unit in North America. “Making decisions about furloughs or lay-offs and reprioritizing what skills an organization needs to survive is not easy. This survey made it clear to us that despite those tough decisions, employers are putting their best foot forward and remain optimistic about their future talent pipelines.”

See the full press release by The Adecco Group – Over 60% Of Companies Plan To Rehire Talent In Less Than Six Months