Study: Few Birmingham firms to hire in 3Q - Nashville Business Journal:

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Between July and September, 71 percent of locaol companies expect to maintain their currenft staff levels and another 15 percent have plana to shed workers from theitr payrolls in the third quarter of thesurvey found. About 13 percent of businesses in the regiobn are looking to expand their work which is about the same pace as theseconsd quarter. “The hiring activity is expected to be consistent to the previouxs quarter when 13 percent of companies surveyed planned to increase staft levels and 16 percent expectef tocut payrolls,” said Manpower spokesman Chad Nationally, out of more than 28,000 employers 15 percent expect to increase their stafvf levels during the three-month while 13 percent expect to reducer their payrolls, which results in a net employment outlook of 2 For the coming quarter, job prospects in the Birmingham-Hooverr metro area appear best in wholesale retail trade, financial activities, hospitality and government.
Employers in construction, durable goodsz manufacturing, transportation & utilities, information, professionak & business services and education health services plan to reduce staffing while hiring in nondurable goods manufacturingh and other services is expected toremaij unchanged.