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Global economic uncertainty continues to depress business hiring plans.
About 27 per cent of businesses globally expect to increase employment in 2013, down one percentage point from 2011 and below the pre-crisis level of 33 per cent, says the Grant Thronton International Business Report.
Higher growth rates in emerging economies are allowing businesses to consider expanding their workforces to a much greater extent than peers in mature economies: net 41 per cent of BRIC businesses are planning to hire more workers over the next 12 months.
Take a look at nations which are hiring the most...
India tops the ranking of economies looking to expand their workforces in 2013.
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 63%
Percentage of businesses who hired workers in the last 12 months: 62%
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Georgia
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 59%
Percentage of businesses who hired workers in the last 12 months: 40%
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Peru
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 59%
Percentage of businesses who hired workers in the last 12 months: 52%
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Turkey
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 55%
Percentage of businesses who hired workers in the last 12 months: 48%
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Chile
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 51%
Percentage of businesses who hired workers in the last 12 months: 43%
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Brazil
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 50%
Percentage of businesses who hired workers in the last 12 months: 46%
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Vietnam
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 44
Vietnam did not rank among the top 10 in terms of workers hired in the last 12 months.
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Botswana
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 43%
Percentage of businesses who hired workers in the last 12 months: 34%
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Armenia
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 42%
Armenia did not figure among the top 10 in terms of workers hired in the last 12 months.
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Thailand
Percentage of businesses who plan to hire in the next 12 months: 41%