Of the world's 10 largest economies, Brazil and India share the distinction of having the most optimistic employers going into the new-year. This is the findings of a survey commissioned by international recruitment firm CareerBuilder and conducted by Harris Interactive, a leading market research firm. In a survey that included 6,000 hiring managers in countries with the 10 largest gross domestic products, 81 percent of respondents from India indicated their company was in better financial shape than it was a year earlier. When asked the same question, 80 percent of respondents from Brazil indicated their firm was in better shape than the same time in 2011.

In India, 67 percent of hiring managers indicated their company would hire in 2013, while 13 percent indicated they would shrink payrolls and 17 percent indicated their payroll size would not change.

Source: UPI.com