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player ready...Only 9 percent of chief financial officers surveyed in Chicago say they plan to add new jobs to their companies in the next six months, according to a report released Thursday by staffing firm Robert Half.
That means most — 79 percent of area finance executives surveyed — will only add staff to fill vacated positions, according to the firm’s “Chicago Professional Employment Forecast” report.
This market for new jobs falls short of cities such as Houston, where 24 percent of CFOs said their companies planned to fill new positions over the next six months. In Denver, 19 percent of CFOs said they have plans to create new jobs over the fall and winter. Other cities, such as Salt Lake City, Des Moines, Iowa, and the San Francisco Bay Area also reported plans to ramp up job creation by more than 10 percent.
In Chicago, 9 percent of finance executives also said they plan to freeze hiring during the next six months, while 2 percent said they plan to eliminate positions.
The survey’s local results are based on interviews with 100 CFOs from a stratified random sample of companies in the Chicago area with 20 or more employees.
Executives were asked about their hiring and business outlooks, including plans to add professional-level employees, including in accounting, human resources, administrative, legal, marketing and information technology fields.
Most of the hiring will be in the financial services and health care industries, according to Marilyn Bird, district president for Robert Half in Chicago.
“Demand is high for professional-level candidates with specialized skill sets, especially for staff and senior accountant, controller, and financial and business analyst roles. Employers need to move quickly with the hiring process or they risk losing top candidates to other companies.”