Monday, February 7, 2011

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

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From July to September, 6 percent of the companies interviewef in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheier payrolls, according to the survety from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain theifr current staff levels and 5 percent remaihn uncertain about hiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a little lighte r than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percent of companiess surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expected to cut said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retaipl trade and leisure and hospitality.
Employers in durables goods manufacturing, nondurable goods manufacturing, professional and business services, education and health services and government intend tocut staffing. Hiring in transportation and utilities, financial activities and other services is expecte d toremain unchanged. National survey results showed little change from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,00o0 employers surveyed across the 15 percent expect to increase theid staff levels during the third quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduc e their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expecr no change in hirin and 5 percent are undecided abouttheirr third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, president of the Americaw for Manpower. “They are treading slowly and watching withguarded optimism, hoping a few quarterss of stability will be the precursor to the

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