Bernhart Survey: Recession Easing Its Grip on Direct Marketing Employment

Owatonna, MN, July 13, 2009 — Hundreds of direct marketers, agencies and service providers are offering some new glimmers of hope for direct marketing job seekers, according to the latest Bernhart Associates employment update.

"It appears the direct marketing job market is scraping the bottom," said Jerry Bernhart, Principal of Bernhart Associates Executive Search, LLC, a leading direct marketing recruiting firm which has been issuing quarterly direct marketing employment reports since 2001. "This is the first quarter in two years in which the hiring index is showing improvement, and planned layoffs are continuing their trend lower," said Bernhart.