Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - Business First of Columbus:

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiew interviewed in the Honoluluy metro area plan to hiremore employees, while 11 percentt expect to reduce theirr payrolls, according to the survegy from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintainn their current staff levels and 5 percenft remain uncertain about hiring Hiring is expected to be a little lightert than in the second when 10 percent of companies surveyed plannedx to hire and 12 percenrt expected tocut payrolls, said Manpowe r spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the comin g quarter, job prospects in the Honolulu area appeaf best in wholesale and retail tradre and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods nondurablegoods manufacturing, information, professional and business services, education and health services and government intend to cut Hiring in construction, transportation and financial activities and other services is expected to remain National survey results showesd little change from the second Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyeed across the country, 15 percent expect to increase their staff levels during the third quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduce theird payrolls.
Sixty-seven percent expect no changd in hiring and 5 percent are undecided aboutftheir third-quarter hiring “The data shows continued hesitancy amonhg employers,” said Jonas Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guarded optimism, hopingy a few quarters of stability will be the precursod to the recovery.”