CFO Hiring Sees Uptick

February 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The corporate finance world will see a slight hiring increase in the second quarter of 2002, a new survey finds.

The Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index found that 7% of chief financial officers expect to bring on accounting and finance staff, while 3% say they’re cutting back. The remainder doesn’t plan to make any changes.

The East North Central states will lead the nation in financial hiring activity, according to the survey. Only 8% of CFOs plan to expand their accounting and finance departments and none anticipates reductions.

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Mid-Atlantic CFOs also forecast notable employment gains in the second quarter. One in 10 executives plans to add accounting and finance staff, and 4% foresee personnel cutbacks.
 
CFOs in the finance, insurance and real estate sector are most optimistic about hiring activity in the second quarter, according to the survey. Almost 30% of executives plan to expand their accounting and finance departments and 8% foresee staff cutbacks.

The national poll includes responses from 1,400 CFOs from a sample of US companies with 20 or more employees.

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UK Workers Slack Off

February 22, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It may not take too much convincing to get British workers to slack off - according to a UK survey.

On National Slacker Day in the UK, on which workers are encouraged not to do any work, a survey by pollster MyVoice found that two-thirds of respondents said they could get as much done in four days as they now do in five.

The MyVoice poll included some startling admissions:

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  • almost a third of those polled said they surfed the Internet for at least an hour each day for personal reasons,
  • some 75% of respondents said they used office time for personal e-mail and correspondence, and
  • some 59% used work time to call family and friends

The reasons for these questionable work habits, according to the survey:

  • boredom, according to 13%
  • not enough to do, cited by 10%
  • job hatred, cited by 3%

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