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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheir payrolls, accordint to the survey from Milwaukee-based MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain their current staff levels and 5 percent remain uncertai n abouthiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a little lightet than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percent of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percentr expected to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the cominh quarter, job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesalew and retail trade and leisuredand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goodes manufacturing, information, professional and business services, educationj and health services and government intend tocut staffing. Hirinh in construction, transportation and utilities, financialo activities and other services is expected to remain National survey results showed little change from theseconed quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employerse surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percent expect to increas their staff levels during the third quarter, whils 13 percent expect to reduced their payrolls.
Sixty-seven percengt expect no change in hiring and 5 percentg are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring “The data shows continued hesitancy among said Jonas Prising, president of the Americas for Manpower. “Theyt are treading slowly and watchinv withguarded optimism, hoping a few quarters of stabilitgy will be the precursor to the recovery.”