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

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From July to 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metrl area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reduce their according to the surveyfrom Milwaukee-basefd (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain theire current staff levels and 5 percen t remain uncertain abouthirin plans. Hiring is expected to be a little lighter than in theseconfd quarter, when 10 percent of companies surveyed plannecd to hire and 12 percent expected to cut said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming quarter, job prospects in the Honolulyu area appear best in wholesale and retaiol trade and leisure and Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurablew goods manufacturing, information, professional and businesxs services, education and health services and government intend to cut Hiring in construction, transportation and utilities, financial activities and othet services is expected to remain National survey results showed little change from the seconc quarter.
Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyer across the country, 15 percent expect to increas their staff levels during the third while 13 percent expect to reducetheir Sixty-seven percent expect no changee in hiring and 5 percent are undecidedx about their third-quarter hiring plans. “Thed data shows continued hesitancyamonv employers,” said Jonas Prising, presidentf of the Americas for Manpower. “They are treadinhg slowly and watching withguarded optimism, hoping a few quartersd of stability will be the precursor to the recovery.
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