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From July to September, 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honoluluh metro area plan to hiremore employees, whil 11 percent expect to reduce their payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percen expect to maintain their currenr staff levels and 5 percent remai uncertain abouthiring plans. Hiring is expectedr to be a little lighter than in the second when 10 percent of companies surveyedd planned to hire and 12 percent expectedx tocut payrolls, said Manpowet spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the coming job prospects in the Honolul area appear best in wholesale and retail tradee and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurabld goods manufacturing, information, professional and business education and health services and government intende tocut staffing. Hiring in construction, transportation and utilities, financial activities and other services is expecteds toremain unchanged. National surveyu results showed little change from the second Of the morethan 28,000 employer surveyed across the country, 15 percent expect to increase their staff levelsx during the third quarter, while 13 percenrt expect to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changee in hiring and 5 percent are undecideed abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyyamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, presidenty of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watchinb with guarded optimism, hoping a few quarterz of stability will be the precursofr to the recovery.”