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From July to 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metrpo area plan to hire more while 11 percent expectt to reducetheir payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-basedc (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintaihn their current staff levelzs and 5 percent remain uncertain abouthirinfg plans. Hiring is expected to be a littlse lighter than in the second when 10 percent of companies surveyed planne to hire and 12 percent expected to cut said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou For thecoming quarter, job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retail trade and leisure and Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goode manufacturing, information, professional and business services, education and health services and government intend to cut staffing.
Hirinbg in construction, transportation and utilities, financial activitiees and other services is expected toremain unchanged. National surveyt results showed little change from the second Of the morethan 28,000 employers surveyed across the 15 percent expect to increase theirr staff levels during the third quarter, while 13 percent expecgt to reduce their payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changwe in hiring and 5 percent are undecidedc abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data showsz continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas president of the Americas for “They are treading slowly and watching with guardecd optimism, hoping a few quarterse of stability will be the precursor to the