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From July to September, 6 percen t of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reduceetheir payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-baseds (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintain their curren t staff levels and 5 percent remain uncertain aboughiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a littl lighter than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percent of companieds surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expected to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming quarter, job prospects in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retail trade and leisure and hospitality.
Employersz in durable goods manufacturing, nondurablde goods manufacturing, information, professional and businese services, education and health servicez and government intend to cut Hiringin construction, transportation and utilities, financia activities and other services is expected to remainn unchanged. National survey results showed little changde from the second Of the morethan 28,00o employers surveyed across the 15 percent expect to increase their staff level s during the third quarter, whiles 13 percent expect to reduce thei r payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changd in hiring and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quartert hiring plans.
“The data shows continuer hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, president of the America for Manpower. “They are treading slowly and watching withguarded optimism, hoping a few quarterw of stability will be the precursof to the recovery.”