In 2012, the Israeli market saw a significant reduction in the supply of available jobs, and right at the beginning of 2013 we are beginning to hear termination announcements by various companies. Experts warn that this situation may worsen, but Emda's Nurit Berman believes the admittedly high number of recent terminations does not foreshadow a massive layoff wave, and that the trend will reverse itself in the near future: "There will be no sharp transition to mass recruitment, but we may expect a return to normalcy, that will become firmly established by mid- or end-2013, as stable firms renew their recruiting efforts".