Baltimore Business Journal - by Ryan Sharrow Staff
The early 2009 job outlook in the finance and accounting industry looks bleak for Greater Baltimore, according to the Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index released Tuesday.
The survey found that 2 percent of chief financial officers in Greater Baltimore plan to bulk up staffs in the first quarter of 2009.
Meanwhile, 9 percent of the local executives surveyed anticipate a reduction in personnel.
The majority of the executives, 87 percent, do not expect a change in their staff levels.
Menlo Park, Calif.-based staffing firm Robert Half compiled the report by surveying 200 CFOs in the region with 20 or more employees.
Nationally, 9 percent of the 1,400 CFOs surveyed plan to add full-time accounting and financial professionals in the first quarter of next year. Eight percent said they plan to decrease their staff size and 82 percent expect no change.
