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.
16 September 2024

Belgium drops two places in ManpowerGroup’s 2024 Total Workforce Index™ and ranks 52nd out of 64

ManpowerGroup has published the eleventh edition of its Global Workforce Index™. Like the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used as an indicator to measure the performance […]
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 […]
11 June 2024

Hiring intentions remain strong in Belgium despite uncertain economic environment

According to the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, 45% of surveyed employers anticipate creating jobs during the third quarter, while 20% of them expect layoffs. Belgium’s Net […]
13 February 2024

Belgium moves up five places in ManpowerGroup’s 2023 Total Workforce Index™

Our country ranked 50th (out of 64 countries) at global level and 27th (out of 33 countries) at regional level (EMEA)   ManpowerGroup has published the […]
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 […]
15 December 2022

Belgium ranked 55th (out of 64 countries) in the 2022 ManpowerGroup Total Workforce Index

 Belgium falls 13 places in this ranking in comparison with last year, indicating a decline in the attractiveness of our country and the urgent need for […]
15 February 2022

Belgium 42nd (out of 75) on the ManpowerGroup Total Workforce Index™

Belgium drops 8 places compared to the 2020 ranking, but is still among the 20 most mature labour markets in the world ManpowerGroup has published the […]
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 […]