Ohio business women owners plan to hire more employees

YOUNGSTOWN — More Ohio women business owners plan to hire workers in the near future, according to a report released this week by Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

About 26 percent of Ohio women business owners plan to add employees this year, compared with the nationwide average of 15 percent, and at least 60 percent of Ohio owners expect their full-time employment rates to remain steady.

“It wasn’t so surprising, but affirming, because we do know that women-owned business are growing at a fairly rapid pace,” said Beth Marcello, director of women’s business development at PNC.

Marcello said women-owned business in states like Ohio and Michigan are following the trends of the improving auto industry, one reason for their increased levels of success.

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