The People Report Workforce Index (WFI) is a quarterly comparison of leading employment measures. This index consists of five components: • Employment Levels o the increase/decrease in both management and hourly headcount • Recruiting Difficulty o the difficulty to recruit both management & hourly positions • Job Vacancies o increase/decrease of current open positions, both management & hourly • Employment Expectations o a leading indicator, the expected increase/decrease of the current head count, both management and hourly • Turnover o a lagging indicator, the turnover component is data collected from People Report members of 100+ leading chain restaurant companies for the time period January 2008 – December 2008 for both managers and hourly employees