Careerbuilder's 2008 Job Forecast

CareerBuilder.com's "2008 Job Forecast," conducted by Harris Interactive, tracked projected hiring trends for 2008 surveying 3,016 hiring managers and human resource professionals in private sector companies.

Here's what they found: • 32 percent of employers plan to add full-time, permanent employees in 2008, down from 40 percent who planned to do so in 2007; •

Just 8 percent plan to decrease full-time staff levels in 2008, while 47 percent expect no change;

21 percent of employers plan to increase their number of part-time employees in 2008, down from 23 percent who expected to do so in 2007;

• And, 6 percent plan to decrease part-time headcount in 2008, while 58 percent expect no change.

• In addition, early one-in-five employers report it typically takes them two months or longer to fill their open positions and 40 percent say they currently have open positions for which they can't find qualified candidates.