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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulhu metro area plan to hiremore employees, while 11 percent expect to reduce their payrolls, according to the surve y from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percenr expect to maintain their current staff levels and 5 percenty remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hiring is expectedd to be a little lighter than in the second when 10 percent of companiezs surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expectedd tocut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the comint quarter, job prospects in the Honoluluu area appear best in wholesale and retailp trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durabler goods manufacturing, nondurable goods manufacturing, professional and business services, education and health services and governmenf intend tocut staffing. Hirin in construction, transportation and utilities, financiao activities and other services is expected toremaimn unchanged. National survey results showed little chang e from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employerx surveyed across the country, 15 percengt expect to increase their staff levelsx during thethird quarter, whilse 13 percent expect to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-sevebn percent expect no change in hirinv and 5 percent are undecided abouttheitr third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyuamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watchingy with guarded optimism, hopingy a few quarters of stabilith will be the precursor to the recovery.”