CHICAGO and ATLANTA, April 19,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of ongoing debate
around immigration, U.S. employers plan to reach beyond borders to
help fill U.S. jobs. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, a
third of employers (33 percent) say they plan to hire immigrant
workers in 2017, with 16 percent planning to do so in the second
quarter.
While 35 percent of workers voiced concern about immigrants
taking U.S. jobs in general, the vast majority of workers (90
percent) don't have any concerns about immigrant workers taking
their own jobs.
CareerBuilder's latest study on immigration was conducted online
by Harris Poll from February 16 to March 9,
2017 and included representative samples of 2,380 full-time
employers and 3,215 full-time workers across industries and company
sizes in the private sector.
Compensation for Immigrant Workers
There has been
much discourse around how much immigrants earn compared to other
workers, but from the employer's perspective, they don't see much
of a difference, if at all. Of employers who hire immigrant
workers, the vast majority (80 percent) say that they pay the same
to both U.S. born workers and immigrants working in the same roles.
Twelve percent of these employers reported that they pay immigrants
less while 9 percent reported that they pay immigrants more.
Job Functions for Immigrant Workers
The types of
functional positons non-U.S. born workers are being recruited to
fill varies from industry to industry. Among employers who are
hiring immigrant workers this year, this includes:
- Technical (42 percent)
- Administrative (31 percent)
- Manual labor (31 percent)
- Sales (30 percent)
- Creative (29 percent)
- Financial (25 percent)
- Managerial (23 percent)
"Immigrant workers continue to play an integral part in the U.S.
workforce and economy," said Rosemary
Haefner, chief human resources officer for CareerBuilder. "A
significant number of U.S. employers are hiring workers from other
countries in an effort to navigate around the growing skills gap
and fill increasingly complex and rapidly evolving roles."
Top Industries Hiring Foreign Born Workers
Immigrant
workers looking for employment can expect to find opportunities
across multiple industries, with IT housing the largest percentage
of employers who plan to hire them this year:
- IT (50 percent)
- Financial Services (38 percent)
- Professional & Business Services (37 percent)
- Manufacturing (30 percent)
- Transportation1 (30 percent)
- Health care (21 percent)
- Retail (18 percent)
Immigrant Hiring by Company Size
Plans to hire
immigrant workers in 2017 are consistent across companies of all
sizes, and especially with larger companies, which tend to have
more job openings in general:
- 1-50 employees: 16 percent
- 51-250 employees: 35 percent
- 251-500 employees: 46 percent
- 501+ employees: 42 percent
Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online
within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among
2,380 hiring and human resource managers (employed full-time, not
self-employed, non-government) and 3,215 employees (employed
full-time, not self-employed, non-government) between February 16 and March 9, 2017
(percentages for some questions are based on a subset, based on
their responses to certain questions). With pure probability
samples of 2,380 and 3,215, one could say with a 95 percent
probability that the overall results have sampling errors of +/-
2.01 and +/- 1.73 percentage points, respectively. Sampling error
for data from sub-samples is higher and varies.
About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is a global,
end-to-end human capital solutions company focused on helping
employers find, hire and manage great talent. Combining
advertising, software and services, CareerBuilder leads the
industry in recruiting solutions, employment screening and human
capital management. It also operates top job sites around the
world. Owned by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE:TGNA), Tribune Media (NYSE:TRCO)
and McClatchy (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries
operate in the United States,
Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit
www.careerbuilder.com.
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