Small business optimism is at a three year high!!!

Happy Sunday all!  We wanted to give you a good note to start your week off.

According to the National Federation of Independent Business, small business optimism hit a three year high since the beginning of the recession.  Slowly but surely people have a better outlook that their business is improving.

Even though hiring is not growing as rapidly as some would like, sales forecasts are looking much better this year than they have the past few.  With business owners feeling better about sales the hiring will start to come back as well.  Another part of the hiring piece is that a lot of businesses realized they were a little “fat” when it came to staffing.  There is a fine line to walk between being properly staffed and inefficient.  When the recession hit, many businesses had to lay off staff.  In some ways this allowed businesses to streamline operations by using less people to get the tasks completed.  There is also the lurking question of another dip in the economy.  Business owners will be less likely to hire until they actually see the business come on board. Because of this feeling, ASPIRE is able to help in a number of ways including be staff for interm hire until your are positive that you need the extra person.  We also provide recruiting services to help you find the right person to fill the position.

With all of this being said, it is great to see a positive outlook for 2011 in the small business segment.  We have gone through some very tough times over the last three years and we have all learned a lot from the recession.  We all know that it can be hard to see the positive some days but as leaders, we need to constantly be focused on the future.  The challenges that we face are stepping stones to a long and prosperous future if we handle them correctly.

We will have a corresponding video blog at www.youtube.com/ASPIREpartners tomorrow afternoon.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email us at info@aspirepartner.com or leave a comment on the video.

Thanks and have a great week!

Team AP