Who's leading the hiring process? Small business

CareerBuilder's latest nationwide survey shows that small businesses – one of the major drivers for economic recovery and job growth – will be hiring in the second half of 2010.  Thirty-two percent of companies with 500 or fewer employees plan to add new employees in the months of July through December.  Twenty-one percent will hire full-time, 11 percent will hire part-time and 6 percent will hire contractors or temporary workers.  Of companies with 50 or fewer employees, 24 percent plan to hire in the second half of 2010.  The survey was completed in June 2010 and included more than 1,300 employers in businesses with 500 or fewer employees and more than 4,400 workers.

The article also lists the types of businesses entrepreneurs say they've started over the past year. Butcher, baker, candlestick maker?

Read the full story on Yahoo! Finance here.

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