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Those two sectors employ more than 90 percent ofthe nation’s private-sectort workers. The Alexandria, Va.-based association’s report is based on a monthly survey of human resourc professionals at more than 500 manufacturing and 500serviceds companies. Employment expectations for June aredown 37.1 percent in manufacturing and down 8.2 percent in the services segment. In the manufacturingh sector, 24.5 percent plan to hire in June, which is the highesft percentage of such companies that said they will add jobs sincreNovember 2008. In addition, 25.9 percent said they will trim In theservices sector, a net total of 24.8 perceng of corporations will create jobs in with 41.
4 percent saying they will hire and 16.6 percent sayingg they will cut jobs. That 41.4 percen represents the highest such tally since September 2008 in that A combination of unemployed people seeking work and less jobs to go arouns means recruiting difficulty in both sectors in May was way down compareed with ayear ago. In the manufacturing sector, a net of 23.8 percentg of companies had less difficulty with recruitinglast month, and in the service sector, a net of 35.8 percent of companies said the same.