Semper Finds Pessimism Regarding Third-Quarter Sales in Latest ‘Industry Insight’ Survey

• Referrals (38 percent) and online searches (36 percent) continue to be the most popular ways to find employees. These methods put pressure on traditional help wanted advertising, which continued its downward trend for the third quarter.

Since February 2003, Semper International has provided a quarterly survey offering estimates of trends in the printing and graphics industries. To prevent bias, survey questions—both qualitative and quantitative—are designed by Semper corporate partner Cvent.