The hiring climate for this year's third quarter is expected to be relatively positive, though subdued.

A Manpower Employment Outlook survey of 19-hundred Canadian employers suggests businesses expect to do some hiring between July and September -- though not as much as they did in the same quarter of last year.

Twenty-three per cent of employers plan to boost their payrolls, while five per cent anticipate cutbacks.

Seventy per cent expect to maintain their current staffing levels.