Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiexs interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reduce their according to the surveyfrom Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eighgt percent expect to maintain their current stafc levels and 5 percent remain uncertain aboutrhiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a little lightee than in the second when 10 percent of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percen expected to cut said Manpower spokeswoman MaryLou Callahan. For the coming job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesal e and retail trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employerws in durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goods manufacturing, information, professionakl and business services, education and health serviceas and government intend tocut staffing. Hiring in transportation and utilities, financial activities and other service s is expected toremain unchanged. National survey resultxs showed little change from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,00o0 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expecr to increase their staff levels durinh the third quarter, while 13 percen expect to reduce theire payrolls.
Sixty-seven percent expecf no change in hiring and 5 percentf are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring “The data shows continued hesitanc among employers,” said Jonas president of the Americas for Manpower. “Thety are treading slowly and watchinh withguarded optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursor to the