No change predicted in hiring of accountants

News Article - 15 December 2006
Category: Business

Most chief finance officers are predicting that hiring activity in the new year will not change from its current levels, research has shown.

A survey by Robert Half International showed that 90 per cent of financiers forecast no change in the hiring of accountants and other finance workers in 2007, however six per cent of senior staff said they would be hiring more workers in the first quarter.

Some three per cent forecasted that they would be losing staff in the new year.

Max Messner, chairman and chief executive officer of Robert Half International, said: "Continued hiring, driven by business expansion, rising workloads and ongoing compliance initiatives, has created a tight labour market for skilled accounting and finance professionals."

He added that this prompts an increase in competition, in particular for senior accountant and financial analyst positions.

Employers should provide training programmes for their staff to prevent too much stress at work, Ken Harbourne of Robert Half International, recently said, on the back of results which showed Ireland's finance workers are stressed because of heavy workloads.

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