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

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From July to September, 6 percentr of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducstheir payrolls, according to the surveyu from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintaim their current staff levela and 5 percent remain uncertain abou thiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a littlse lighter than in the second quarter, when 10 percenty of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expectedf to cut payrolls, said Manpowe spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the coming quarter, job prospectsw in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retai trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods nondurablegoods manufacturing, information, professional and businesxs services, education and health services and governmenyt intend to cut staffing. Hiring in construction, transportation and financial activities and other services is expectesd toremain unchanged. National survey results showee little change from theseconr quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyef across the country, 15 percengt expect to increase their staff levels during the third while 13 percent expect to reducetheitr payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changew in hiring and 5 percen t are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hirinbg plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyamonhg employers,” said Jonas president of the Americas for Manpower. “The are treading slowly and watching with guarded hoping a few quartersx of stability will be the precursorf tothe recovery.”