Lower Hudson Valley hiring-clip seen as greater than NYC
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Westchester and Rockland employers are expected to hire at a rate higher than those in New York City metropolitan area generally, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook survey.
From January to March a third of Westchester- and Rockland-based companies anticipated increasing the size of their work forces during the first quarter, while 51 percent expected no change. Manpower said 3 percent of area employers planned to reduce their number of employees, and 13 percent said they didn’t know.
In the larger New York City metropolitan area, which, in addition to Rockland and Westchester counties, also includes southern Connecticut, New York City and Long Island, 23 percent of employers said they expected to add personnel, 64 percent anticipated no change and 8 percent planned to cut staff.
Job prospects for the region appear best in construction, durable-goods manufacturing, finance/insurance/real estate and services, Manpower said.
Though first-quarter hiring activity is expected to be less than that in the current fourth quarter, “Employers are more optimistic about hiring than they were a year ago,� said Manpower spokeswoman Paula Zimmerman.
The quarterly survey combines statistics for Westchester and Rockland and doesn’t provide individual statistics for Putnam County. It is based on interviews with more than 14,000 public and private employers in 460 markets across the United States.
For New York City, Manpower reported that 16 percent of employers planned to boost their employment rolls in the coming quarter, while 78 percent expected to maintain current levels. Just 6 percent planned to cut jobs.
In the United States overall, 23 percent of businesses anticipated adding jobs, with 60 percent reporting no change expected in the number of workers they employ and 11 percent planning to cut jobs. Six percent of employers were undecided.
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