DETROIT – Six percent of chief financial
officers in the Detroit area expect to add accounting and finance
staff during the second quarter of 2009 and 11 percent anticipate
reductions in personnel, according to the most recent Robert Half
International Financial Hiring Index. The majority of respondents, 82
percent, anticipate no change in hiring.
The local results reflect a two-quarter rolling average based on
interviews with 200 CFOs from a stratified random sample of companies in
the Detroit area with 20 or more employees; 1,400 CFOs were queried for the
national data. The studies were conducted by an
independent research firm and developed by Robert Half International, the
world’s first and largest staffing services firm specializing in accounting
and finance. Robert Half has been tracking financial hiring activity in the
United States since 1992.
“Businesses are increasingly reluctant to hire in the current
environment, choosing instead to maintain staff levels until they see
definitive signs of an improving economy,” said Max Messmer, chairman and
CEO of Robert Half International. “Companies that are hiring are more
selective because they can be — there is a larger pool of skilled
applicants available. As a result, employers are taking extra time to
identify and hire the best available person for each open position.”
Robert Half International was founded in 1948 and is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange. Its financial staffing divisions include
Accountemps(R), Robert Half(R) Finance & Accounting and Robert Half(R)
Management Resources, for temporary, full-time and senior-level project
professionals, respectively.
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