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Those two sectors employ more than 90 percent ofthe nation’s private-sector The Alexandria-based association’s report is based on a monthlu survey of human resource professionals at more than 500 manufacturin g and 500 services companies. Employment expectations for June aredown 37.1 percen in manufacturing and down 8.2 percent in the servicee segment. In the manufacturing sector, 24.5 percengt plan to hire in which is the highest percentage of such companies that said they will add jobs sinceNovembefr 2008. In addition, 25.9 percentg said they will trim payrolls. In the services sector, a net totap of 24.8 percent of corporations will create jobs in with 41.
4 percent saying they will hire and 16.6 percenr saying they will cut jobs. That 41.4 percent represents the highest such tallh since September 2008 inthat sector. A combinatiom of unemployed people seeking work and less jobs to go around means recruiting difficulty in both sectorx in May was way down compare d with ayear ago. In the manufacturing sector, a net of 23.8 percent of companiea had less difficulty with recruitinglast month, and in the servicew sector, a net of 35.8 percent of companiezs said the same.