A recent Robert Half Finance & Accounting survey shows little-to-no changes anticipated in the upcoming second quarter’s hiring for accounting and finance positions. Over 90 percent of those surveyed expect to maintain their current personnel levels and a mere four percent plan on adding jobs.
Americans may be unemployed in record numbers, but according to a recent Manpower Group study many employers are struggling to find qualified workers for vacant positions within their companies. It’s not that companies don’t want to hire; they need these skilled laborers desperately. But as more and more people stay unemployed for longer periods of time, they are unable to hone their skills, and specific technical knowledge is lacking amongst the general pool of job applicants.
Any successful business – small or large – runs most effectively when the when there is efficiency in financial operations and in the behavior of its personnel. Historically, in larger firms, the acquisition and maintenance of talent has run through the Human Resources (HR) department. Financial concerns are oftentimes worlds away, under the watchful eye of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Changing trends in business, however, are merging these two once-foreign categories and linking HR operations to the CFO and financial team. In smaller companies, this shift makes sense; aligning HR with financial concerns allows for a better focus on the ways in which managing employees – before, and after hiring – results in a more productive operation.
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