A new survey of central Ohio employers shows they plan to hire workers at a slower pace this winter as compared with last winter. Alison Holm reports.
The survey by Manpower Incorporated shows 18 percent of regional employers expect to be hiring during the first three months of next year, with 6 percent expecting to cut their staff levels. That 12 point difference is 11 points below survey results for the the same period of 2016. Manpower says slower job growth in Columbus and the region is to blame. The survey shows every metropolitan area in Ohio except Cleveland will see more hiring this winter. The professional and business service; leisure and hospitality; private education and health care; government; wholesale and retail trade; and transportation and utilities sectors will see the greatest rate of new hires. Manufacturing and financial sectors are expected to remain flat. Hiring in the construction sector is expected to decline.