A net 3 percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) in the Sacramento area expect to hire accounting and finance professionals during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index. Seven percent of executives surveyed plan to add staff during the quarter and 4 percent anticipate reductions in personnel. The net 3 percent increase is down one point from the area's third-quarter 2007 forecast. The majority of respondents, 88 percent, foresee no change in hiring.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive

The local results reflect a two-quarter rolling average based on the responses of 200 CFOs from a stratified random sample of companies in the Sacramento area with 20 or more employees; 1,400 CFOs were queried for the national data. You can also view the national results.