Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiee interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hiremore employees, whiled 11 percent expect to reduce their payrolls, accordintg to the survey from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain their current stafcf levels and 5 percent remain uncertain about hiring Hiring is expected to be a littlwe lighter than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percent of companiews surveyed planned to hire and 12 percenrt expected to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the comingh quarter, job prospects in the Honolulu area appeat best in wholesale and retaiol trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durablw goods manufacturing, nondurable goodsw manufacturing, information, professional and business services, educatiob and health services and government intend to cut Hiringin construction, transportatio and utilities, financial activities and other services is expected to remainb unchanged. National survey results showed littlew change from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,0000 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expect to increase their staff levels during the thirrd quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-sevenn percent expect no change in hirinh and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quartedr hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyamont employers,” said Jonas Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guardedd optimism, hoping a few quarterw of stability will be the precursotr to the recovery.”