Hiring Increases Planned: More than a third...

Hiring Increases Planned: More than a third of West Coast hiring executives surveyed recently said they plan to expand their middle-management and professional staffs in the next six months. Half said they plan to maintain their current staff size. The results were part of a nationwide poll by Management Recruiters International, the nation’s largest search firm. Nationwide, 39.1% of the hiring officers said they planned to expand their staffs, compared to 37.4% on the West Coast. David Reiss, head of Management Recruiters in Beverly Hills, said the region was slightly behind the national average because of a big increase in hiring last year.