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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companies interviewesd in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducethei payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-based MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain theirr current staff levels and 5 perceng remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hirinyg is expected to be a littls lighter than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percen t of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percengt expected to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoma n Mary Lou Callahan. For the comintg quarter, job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retail trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durabler goods manufacturing, nondurable goods information, professional and business education and health services and government intenfd tocut staffing. Hirinbg in construction, transportation and financial activities and other services is expecte toremain unchanged. National survey resultas showed little change from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,00p0 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expectf to increase their staff levels durin g the third quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changes in hiring and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancgamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guardedc optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursor to the recovery.”