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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiees interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheir payrolls, according to the surveyt from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain theirr current staff levels and 5 percenrt remain uncertain about hiring Hiring is expected to be a little lighterr than in the second when 10 percent of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expected to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoma n Mary Lou Callahan.
For the coming quarter, job prospects in the Honoluluh area appear best in wholesals and retail trade and leisure and Employers in durable goods nondurablegoods manufacturing, information, professional and business services, education and health services and governmenr intend to cut staffing. Hiring in transportation and utilities, financial activities and other services is expected to remain National survey results showed little changew from thesecond quarter.
Of the more than 28,00p employers surveyed across the country, 15 percent expect to increases their staff levels during thethird quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduce their Sixty-seven percent expect no change in hirinbg and 5 percent are undecided about theire third-quarter hiring plans. “Thse data shows continued hesitancy among saidJonas Prising, president of the Americas for Manpower.
“They are treading slowlh and watching withguarded optimism, hoping a few quarters of stabilitt will be the precursor to the