Exploring the Future of Work

In contact with more than 400,000 companies and millions of candidates in 80 countries, we identify major trends in the world of work and analyze their consequences. In our Knowledge Center, we share our expertise to help our clients and candidates meet the new challenges of the Human Age. ManpowerGroup’s research and analysis are relevant sources for policy makers, opinion leaders, economists, journalists, academia and think tanks. All over the world, they use our data. These studies cover a wide variety of fields and represent unique sources of information for anticipating the future.
10 December 2024

Robust hiring intentions for the first quarter of 2025 in Belgium, despite continued uncertainty at the start of 2025

The Net Employment Outlook for the first quarter stands at +28%, up 1 point compared to the previous quarter, but down 5 points year-over-year. According to […]
10 September 2024

Economic Uncertainties Continue to Impact Employers’ Hiring Plans in Belgium

The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey for the fourth quarter of 2024 shows signs of improvement on a quarterly basis (up 2%). However, the Net Employment Outlook […]
12 March 2024

Belgian employers plan to slow down hiring during the second quarter of 2024

According to the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, hiring prospects are deteriorating in 39 out of 42 surveyed countries on a quarterly comparison basis, amid uncertainty.   […]
12 December 2023

Talent shortages keep Belgian hiring intentions high for Q1 2024

With a Net Employment Outlook up for the third consecutive quarter at +33%, Belgian employers are showing their willingness to create new jobs in Q1 2024. […]
13 June 2023

Belgian employers report cautiously optimistic hiring plans for Q3, according to the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey

After declining for two quarters in a row, the Net Employment Outlook improves by  5 percentage points to +23%, but is weaker than at the same […]
5 January 2023

Belgian employers plan to slow the hiring pace in Q1 2023, but continue to show resilience

The Net Employment Outlook declines by 10 percentage points from the previous quarter, but remains positive at +23%, indicating that a majority of employers expect to […]
14 December 2021

Belgian employers expect to maintain a very strong hiring pace for the first quarter of 2022

Nearly one in two Belgian employers (48%) plans to create new jobs in Q1 2022   According to the ManpowerGroup Employmet Outlook Survey – which is […]
14 September 2021

Optimism returns to the labour market: one in two Belgian employers plans to strengthen its workforce by the end of the year

 The Net Employment Outlook reaches its strongest level (+ 30%) since the launch of the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey in Belgium in 2003, the fifth consecutive […]
25 March 2021

Belgian employers regain confidence and anticipate moderately optimistic hiring plans for the next quarter

  According to the ManpowerGroup Employment Survey released today, the labor market situation is expected to continue to improve in Q2 2021. In Belgium, 13% of […]