Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - Triangle Business Journal:

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companie interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheif payrolls, according to the survet from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percenyt expect to maintain their current stafgf levels and 5 percent remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hiring is expecter to be a little lighter than in thesecone quarter, when 10 percent of companiesx surveyed planned to hire and 12 perceng expected to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the coming job prospects in the Honolul u area appear best in wholesale and retaiol trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employerw in durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goods manufacturing, professional and business services, education and health services and governmengt intend tocut staffing. Hirintg in construction, transportation and utilities, financial activities and othe services is expected toremain unchanged. Nationak survey results showed little change from the second Of the morethan 28,00p0 employers surveyed across the country, 15 percenty expect to increase their staff levelx during the third quarter, while 13 percent expect to reducw their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no change in hiring and 5 percent are undecidef abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continuede hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, presidentf of the Americas for Manpower. “They are treadingg slowly and watching withguarded optimism, hoping a few quartersz of stability will be the precursor to the