Survey results from the Manpower Group show that in many countries, the job prospects may be increasing as employers indicate that they will be hiring an average of 13% more in the first quarter of the year. The country with the best hiring outlook is Taiwan, then India, New Zealand, Colombia, and Singapore. Of all the countries surveyed only Italy, Ireland, Finland, Spain, Slovakia, and Belgium. Of the United States, North Dakota held the best outlook with 17% and Montana, the only state with a negative outlook, was the lowest with -2%. 18,000 employers were surveyed worldwide.
See "India reports positive hiring plans for Q1 of 2014: Survey", Zeenews.india.com, December 9, 2013