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I’ll admit that I’ve been skeptical about all the talk concerning economic recovery. My logic being that without employment and increase in consumption it is not only temporary but doomed to cause more problems – think debt and credit crisis all over again. That’s why I was very encouraged to read this morning that in CareerBuilder.com’s survey of employers one fifth of businesses plan to add new full-time employees. Only 9 percent plan to cut jobs in 2010.

While it doesn’t seem that employers will raise pay or benefits any more than in the past year, permanent employment is exactly what our battered economy needs. In a shaky job market, people without jobs or making less money than they are used to are less likely to spend that money. This lack of spending falls directly back onto companies, lowering profits and causing more jobs, hours, or pay to be cut.

Important to note is the types of jobs reported to be added in 2010. Most are in technology, customer service or sales – growth positions for companies. With businesses growing we move from the cycle of a worsening economy to the cycle of a growing one; more profits enable businesses to open more locations and branch out into new fields, exponentially adding open positions and bettering the job market.

I for one am very glad to see this news and hope that these employers’ plans come to fruition. Only with consumer confidence will we see recovery, and only with employment will we see that confidence.