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HR staffs, budgets experienced modest rebounds in 2012

While staffs and budgets among human resources department did slightly recovery in 2012, these improvements did not make up for cuts and freezes that happened during and after the recession.

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on November 23, 2012

While staffs and budgets among human resources department did slightly recovery in 2012, these improvements did not make up for cuts and freezes that happened during and after the recession, according to a new survey by Bloomberg BNA.

Still, after two consecutive years of HR departments cutting employees, work force gains in HR were higher than staffing reductions by 10 percentage points this year. While HR budgets have improved over the past few years, they remain shorter than figures prior to the recession.

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