Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q – Nashville Business Journal:

From July to September, 6 percen of the companies interviewed in the Honolul u metro area plan to hiremore employees, while 11 percent expecg to reduce their payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain their current staff levelzs and 5 percent remain uncertain about hiring Hiring is expected to be a little lighte r than in the second when 10 percent of companies surveyed planner to hire and 12 percent expectefd to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the comingv quarter, job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesaler and retail trade and leisurreand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goods information, professional and business services, educationj and health services and governmenr intend tocut staffing. Hiring in construction, transportatioj and utilities, financial activities and other servicesa is expected toremain unchanged. National survey resultss showed little change from the second Of the morethan 28,000 employersd surveyed across the country, 15 percent expecf to increase their staff levels duringh the third quarter, while 13 percenty expect to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no change in hiring and 5 percent are undecided abouttheird third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyuamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guarderd optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursort to the recovery.”
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