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Employers See Decline Employment Outlook Survey SAT., JUKE 21, 1S29 Urges Black Presence In Engineering, Sciences Durham area employers anticipate a decline in the level of new hiring activity during the coming three months (July, August, September) from the pace of one year ago, according to a quarterly survey con ducted by Manpower, the world's largest temporary help firm. Bill Williams, owner of Manpower's Durham of fice, said, "Manpower's survey indicates that employers here are follow ing national and regional patterns in their anticipa tion of a slump in employ ment levels. Overall, 217 of the employers polled project hiring plans, seventeen per cent an ticipate staff reduction, 53 ! expect no change and three per cent are unsure of their plans," Williams said. In a similar survey con ducted by Manpower one year ago, 33 of the employers projected hir ing plans, ten per cent were considering reduc tions and 57 expected no change. Decreased employment levels are anticipated in public agencies, wholesale-retail outlets and public utilities. The services sector, construc tion, financial institutions and manufacturers of durable and non-durable goods project increased employment levels. Nationally, a sharp drop in anticipated hiring plans is registered by the survey. Of the more than 8,000 employers polled, ninteen per cent plan to hire additional workers during the July through September period, down from the 29 recorded for the comparable quarter one year ago. Another seventeen per cent foresee staff reduc tions, up sharply from the seven per cent recorded in 1979. 5 No dHmges?We?lfrT3rtt ly planned by sixty per cent with four per cent of the respondents undecid ed. One year ago, 61 planned no changes and three per cent were uncer tain. These findings are the lowest third quarter staff additions recorded in the past four years, while the report of reductions is higher than in any previous survey. For the past four quarters the survey results have shown a progressive slowdown in the pace of new hiring, and the latest outlook in dicates an even sharper decrease during the sum mer months ahead. Reduced Expectation I Noted For All Sectors Reduction in expected new employment ' are noted for all regions of the country, and all sectors of the economy. The number of heavy industry employers expec ting staff reductions, 25, outweighs those planninnt increases, 15. Of the reminder, 56 foresee no change in cur rent levels and 4 are undecided. More public administra tion employers also plan reductions than expect ad ditions: 17 anticipate in creases, down from 30 one year ago, while 19 foresee reductions, up sharply from 7 in 1979. Currently, 59 plan no changes, the same as last year, and 5 are now undecided, similar to the 4 of one year ago. In the education sector, an expected seasonal decline combined with declining student popula tion results in reduced employment opportunities for teachers. Increases are planned by 15 of the respondents, 56 foresee no changes and 24 an ticipate reductions. Five per cent are uncertain. These results parallel those of one year ago, when 19 forecast in creases, 55 no changes and 25 declines. Mining-White Collar Sec tors More Resistant While posting lower . levels of anticipated hiring than one year ago, employers in the services and mining sectors in dicate a moderate resistance to workforce reductions. During the past year, these two sec tors have shown the least 'tivfclineirl elrpOyVWMt- I tivity. i -Of the mining employers polled, 23 forecast increases in staff, down from 37; and 64 foresee no changes in pre sent levels, up from the 49 of 1979. The surveys for both periods indicate I I plan staff reductions, while 22 are currently undecided. These projec tions are the lowest . recorded at this time in the four-year history of the survey. Services employers now project only marginal new hiring activity producing the lowest projection recorded for this quarter during the past four years. New Wrings are planned by 23, off from the 31, while 63 now up from 60, plan no change. Nine per cent forecast staff reduction, up from 6, while 3 in each survey are undecid ed. Depressed Hiring Activity Among Trades Employers .Employers in the wholesale-retail and building trades project lackluster opportunities for the third quarter, significantly below those ' recorded at this time previously. Construction employers, with already trimmed crews, expect few new opportunities, counter to normal, seasonal trends. Of those polled, 25 plan in creases, well below the 42 of one year ago, while 20 expect reduc tions, significantly above the 7 of 1979. Fifty per cent foresee no changes, similar to the 48 of one year ago, while the balance of each sample are undecided. Relatively few mer chants, 17 of those poll ed, project additions to staff, while another 14 anticipate staff reduc tions. Of the balance, : 65 foresee no changes i and 4 are uncertain. One year ago, merchants were decidedly more op timistic: 25 projected in creases, only 8 posted declines and 63 planned no changes. Similar results are recorded for the non durable goods manufac turing sector, with the number of employers pro jecting staff, reduction ap proaching those planning . additions. Of these polled, foresee reductions, up sharply from 7. The ma jority in each survey, 62 presently and 64 one year ago, expect ho changes, with 3 uncer tain of their plans. Finance-Transportation Hiring Off Sharply Employers in both the transportation-public utility and finance-real estate-insurance sectors project significantly few employment opportunities RALEIGH There is a need to increase the black presence in the. sciences i and engineering fields by the year 2000, Dr. Lawrence M. Clark, assis !tant provost and affir jmative action office at . North Carolina State ' University, said recently. "There are not enough ' blacks in high technology areas," he told 80 high ' school sophomores on ! campus for a two-day con ference aimed at introduc- ; ing minorities to engineer- ; .ing educational oppor tunities. Clark suggested that the , way to accomplish this in- crease is to prepare young people "from K to 12." "For you, the most im-' port ant thing is what you I do in the next three years," he said. He encouraged the ' students representing high schools across the state to take all the sciences and mathematics courses they could. 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An economical wagon for vaca tion pleasures. Come look at this fine Chev. Wagon. The previous owner's care is very evident on this one. $488 cash down or .trade, 22 APR, 1 8 months, $1 789.40 DPP. Many More To Choose From The high school students are participants in the Minority Introduc tion to Engineering (MITE) program con ducted each summer by the NCSU School of Engineering. They were selected to attend the pro gram by their counselors and principals based on their interest in science and mathematics. Clark noted that of 1,200 blacks enrolled at NCSU, approximately 250 are in engineering. "At the turn of the cen tury only 2,500 blacks in the nation had college degrees. Today there are one million blacks enroll ed in college' he said. He noted that the NCSU School of Engineering is "one of our giants in pushing forward in terms of getting, minorities to seek career opportunities in the ; engineering profession." ! The MITE program is -1 sponsored by the Engineers Council for Professional Development and supported with funds ! from North Carolina in dustries. Another two- day MITE program for 85 . high school seniors gets ! underway Wednesday. Later this month 80 1 high school juniors will ar rive for a five-day MITE program. This week also the School of Engineering will conduct a Conference on Engineering Careers for Women for approximately 120 high school women. The juniors and senior J women will arrive Thurs- 4 day for a two-day event. mm aBJi ant M'hsi mmm than at this time in previous years. Twenty-one per cent of the transportation-public utility plan to hire addi tional workers during the next three months, down, from 2i7, while 157 an ticipate staff reductions, up sharply from 11. Sixty-one per cent in each survey plan no change, , while 37 are now undecided. Among finance-real estate-insurance employers, 9l now an ticipate staff increases, off from 30 while 111 forecast reductions, up sharply from 67, Sixty eight per cent plan no changes, up from 61 one year ago, while 21 ' are now undecided. Sharpest Drops Registered For Midwest Regionally, the sharpest drop in employment ac tivity is measured for the Midwest, with its large concentration of heavy in dustry, - particularly automobile related businesses. There, the firms projec ting staff reductions, 207 outnumber those planning increases, 157 of the regional sample. Year-ago results indicate increases planned by 287, declines forecast by 97 and 617 planning no changes. The reminder in each survey were undecided. A dramatic decrease in planned workforce addi tions is noted for the West, Northeast and South, with the latter two showing relatively grater ' resistance to employment reductions. In the Northeast, 197 of the respondents plan to hire additional workers, off from the 257, while 137 expect reductions, up sharply from 17. Sixty three per cent forecast no change in current levels, similar to 657 of 1979, while 57 are now uncer tain. The Manpower Employment Survey is a quarterly measurement of employer intentions for changes to the permanent workforce; during the past several years, it has been significantly indicative of employment changes. It is based upon interviews with more than 8,000 public and private employers in more than 250 cities throughout the United States. It is con ducted immediately prior to June 1. Companion surveys are made in ten other Western countries and are reported separate ly. Manpower, Inc. is the world's largest temporary help firm, annually pro viding employment to ' more than 600,000 people through its more than 800 offices in 31 countries. 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