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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companiesa interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hiremore employees, whilew 11 percent expect to reducew their payrolls, according to the surveu from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percenf expect to maintain their current stafd levels and 5 percent remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hirinfg is expected to be a littlwe lighter than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percen of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expecteds to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming quarter, job prospectsz in the Honolulu area appeatr best in wholesale and retaip trade and leisure and hospitality.
Employers in durable goods nondurablegoods manufacturing, information, professional and business education and health services and governmentf intend to cut staffing. Hiring in transportation and utilities, financial activities and other services is expected toremaibn unchanged. National survey results showede little change from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percenyt expect to increase their staff levelsz during the third quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-sevenb percent expect no change in hiringf and 5 percent are undecidex abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continuer hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas president of the Americas for Manpower. “They are treadinbg slowly and watching withguarded optimism, hoping a few quartersx of stability will be the precursor to the recovery.”