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

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From July to September, 6 percentf of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheifr payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-baserd (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expecf to maintain their current staff levelsa and 5 percent remain uncertain abourthiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a littlw lighter than in thesecon quarter, when 10 percent of companies surveyeds planned to hire and 12 percent expected to cut payrolls, said Manpoweer spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the coming quarter, job prospecte in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retaio trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durabled goods manufacturing, nondurable goods manufacturing, information, professionapl and business services, education and health servicess and government intend tocut staffing. Hiriny in construction, transportation and utilities, financiao activities and other services is expectede toremain unchanged. National survey results showexd little change from thesecondx quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyed across the 15 percent expect to increase theier staff levels during thethirs quarter, while 13 percent expect to reducre their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expectt no change in hirinh and 5 percent are undecided abouttheire third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continuefd hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas president of the Americasa for Manpower. “They are treading slowlhy and watching with guarded hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursorf tothe recovery.”