Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Washington County employers expect to hire at a healthy pace during the third quarter of 2007, according to the new Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
From July to September, 27 percent of the companies interviewed plan to hire more employees, while 6 percent expect to reduce their payrolls, according to Glendale-based Manpower Inc. spokeswoman Nicole Langley. Another 64 percent expect to maintain their current staff levels, and 3 percent are not certain of their hiring plans.
"Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Washington County employers have stronger hiring intentions than in the second quarter when 17 percent of the companies interviewed intended to hire additional employees, and 4 percent planned to reduce staff levels," Langley said. "Employers are slightly more confident about hiring than they were a year ago, when 27 percent of companies surveyed planned to add staff and 9 percent anticipated a reduction in payrolls."
For the coming quarter, job prospects appear best in construction, transportation/public utilities, finance/insurance/real estate, education and services. Employers in public administration, wholesale/retail trade and durable goods manufacturing voice mixed hiring intentions. Hiring in non-durable goods manufacturing is expected to remain unchanged.
In the United States, the third quarter hiring pace is expected to remain unchanged from the April-June period, according to the seasonally adjusted survey results. This stability comes after three consecutive quarters of slight declines in employer confidence levels.
Among the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, 29 percent foresee an increase in hiring activity, and 7 percent expect a decline in staff levels during the third quarter. Fifty-eight percent anticipate no change in the hiring pace, while 6 percent are undecided about their July-September hiring plans.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is conducted quarterly to measure employers' intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their workforce during the next quarter. The survey is based on interviews with more than 14,000 public and private employers.
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