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Chief financial officers in Denver plan the most hiring with 18 percent planning to add new professional-level positions in the fourth quarter, according to new professional employment forecasts from Robert Half. CFOs in the Seattle/Tacoma area came next with 17 percent planning to add staff. At the other end of the spectrum, only 7 percent of Chicago-area CFOs plan to add professional-level positions.
The Robert Half survey asked CFOs: “What are your company's hiring plans for full-time professional-level employees in the fourth quarter?” The percentage of CFOs who responded they are expanding/adding new positions include:
- Atlanta: 10 percent
- Boston: 14 percent
- Chicago: 7 percent
- Cincinnati: 10 percent
- Cleveland/Akron/Canton: 9 percent
- Dallas/Fort Worth: 11 percent
- Denver: 18 percent
- Des Moines: 8 percent
- Detroit: 12 percent
- Houston: 11 percent
- Los Angeles: 12 percent
- Miami/Fort Lauderdale: 12 percent
- Minneapolis/St. Paul: 13 percent
- New York City: 10 percent
- Philadelphia: 9 percent
- Phoenix: 14 percent
- Salt Lake City: 10 percent
- San Francisco Bay Area: 8 percent
- Seattle/Tacoma: 17 percent
- St. Louis: 8 percent
- Washington, D.C.: 13 percent
The professional employment forecasts were developed by Robert Half and conducted by an independent research firm. The local results reflect a two-quarter rolling average based on interviews with 200 CFOs from a sample of companies in the area with 20 or more employees.