Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - St. Louis Business Journal:

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From July to September, 6 percenft of the companies interviewed in the Honolulju metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheir payrolls, accordintg to the survey from Milwaukee-based MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain their currenyt staff levels and 5 percent remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a littlee lighter than in thesecond quarter, when 10 perceng of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expecter to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswomaj Mary Lou Callahan. For the coming job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesaled and retail trade and leisurreand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurablde goods manufacturing, information, professional and business services, education and healtg services and government intend tocut staffing. Hiringg in construction, transportation and utilities, financial activities and other servicess is expected toremain unchanged. National surveu results showed little change from the second quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employerds surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expect to increasee their staff levels during the third quarter, while 13 perceny expect to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-sevenn percent expect no change in hiring and 5 percen are undecided abouttheie third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonazs Prising, president of the Americas for Manpower. “The y are treading slowly and watching withguardedf optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursofr to the recovery.”