Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - East Bay Business Times:

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From July to 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metrp area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheird payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintaimn their current staff levels and 5 percengt remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hirint is expected to be a little lightere than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percent of companiee surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expectedf to cut payrolls, said Manpowerr spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming quarter, job prospectzs in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retaip trade and leisure and hospitality.
Employerzs in durable goods nondurablegoods manufacturing, information, professionalo and business services, education and healtyh services and government intend to cut staffing. Hirin in construction, transportation and financial activities and other services is expected to remain National survey results showed little changw from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,0090 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percen t expect to increase their staff levels durinfg the third quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduce theif payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no change in hirinb and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continuedf hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, presiden t of the Americas for Manpower. “They are treadintg slowly and watching withguardexd optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursoer to the recovery.”