Survey: Only 5 percent of Pittsburgh-area CFOs expect to add staff in 3Q - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The Financial Hiring Index, conducted by Menli Park, Calif.-based staffing firm Robert HalfInternational (NYSE:RHI), found that the largestg number of respondents, 85 percent, are not anticipating any changd in hiring, while 9 percen of CFOs say they expect to reduces personnel. "Many companies remain hesitant to commit to addingy staff until they are certainh of aneconomic recovery," Robery Half CEO Max Messmer said in a statement. "Ij the meantime, most firms are workingv with their current teama to managekey initiatives, with some employers also bringint in project professionals to assis with rising workloads and suppor t full-time personnel.
" The results of the local survey are baseds on interviews with 200 CFOs from a randomk sample of Pittsburgh-area companiesd with 20 or more employees. The Pittsburgyh results are nearly dead-on with the nationalo survey results, according to Roberg Half. For the national data, 1,400 CFOs were and five percent said they expectedto hire, 85 percent said they anticiaptesd no changes, and 8 percent planned staff cuts. For the full resultxs of the survey, go to .