Article: Manpower: Lehigh Valley employers more confident about hiring this year.

Byline: Dan Shope

Jun. 14--Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley is No. 9.

That's ninth in the nation for percentage of employers expecting to hire workers this summer, according to a survey by Manpower Inc. released today.

"Employers are more confident about hiring than they were a year ago," said Donna Marie Benner, a local spokeswoman for temporary staffing service Manpower.

Fifty-three percent of businesses interviewed in the Lehigh Valley said they expected to increase employment in July, August or September.

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