Thursday, July 12, 2012

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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiez interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expec to reducetheir payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-basefd (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percengt expect to maintain their current staff leveles and 5 percent remain uncertaij abouthiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a little lighter than in the second when 10 percent of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expected tocut payrolls, said Manpowerf spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the cominbg quarter, job prospects in the Honoluli area appear best in wholesale and retail trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurabls goods manufacturing, information, professional and business education and health services and governmen intend to cut Hiringin construction, transportation and utilities, financial activities and other servicez is expected to remain unchanged. National survey results showed little change from the second Of the morethan 28,00p0 employers surveyed across the country, 15 percent expecg to increase their staff levels during the thirx quarter, while 13 percent expecft to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-sevenh percent expect no change in hirinv and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyuamong employers,” said Jonass Prising, president of the Americase for Manpower. “They are treading slowly and watching withguarderd optimism, hoping a few quarterx of stability will be the precursor to the

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