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The War for Talent Is Still On

Skilled finance staffers remain hard to find and even harder to keep, but you can win them over with reconfigured jobs, flexible schedules, and unusual perks.

November 1, 2009

The labor market is generally teeming with available talent, yet skilled finance and accounting employees are not necessarily any easier to find. Indeed, the accounting profession shed less than 2% of its jobs between September 2008 and September 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and CFOs who have recently hired say salary levels remain high. Perhaps more worrisome, Ajilon Finance recently surveyed more than 450 accountants and found that 23% plan to look for a new job when the economy improves. Read more...

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