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Report: Less Than 40 Percent Of Local Businesses Plan To Hire In First Quarter

A new survey shows 37 percent of central Ohio businesses expect to hire workers in the first quarter of next year. 

The quarterly Manpower employment survey shows 4 percent of companies plan to cut jobs and 58 percent plan to maintain current staffing levels. Hiring is expected to be strong across most sectors except manufacturing.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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