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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiea interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheire payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-basecd (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain thei r current staff levels and 5 percent remain uncertaibn abouthiring plans. Hiring is expectef to be a little lighter than in the second quarter, when 10 percent of companiews surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expected to cut payrolls, said Manpowet spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the cominvg quarter, job prospects in the Honoluluy area appear best in wholesale and retaip trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durabled goods manufacturing, nondurable goods information, professional and businesas services, education and health services and government intend tocut staffing. Hirinf in construction, transportation and utilities, financialp activities and other services is expectede toremain unchanged. National survey results showed little change from theseconsd quarter. Of the more than 28,0009 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expecyt to increase their staff levels during the thir quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduced their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changre in hiring and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“Thee data shows continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonasz Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guarded hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursor to the