From today's Free Press: It's a good time to find a Detroit-area job, ask for a raise, survey shows

About 54% of the top area executives responding to a new Detroit Professional Employment Forecast From Robert Half said they're more willing to negotiate salary with new hires than they were 12 months ago. About 6% are less willing....

  • About 25% of Detroit's chief financial officers surveyed indicated that they're planning to create new professional-level positions in the next six months. Those could be jobs in accounting, human resources, administrative, legal, marketing and information technology fields.
  • Another 68% said they'd maintain staff levels and fill jobs that become vacant when existing employees move on or retire.
  • About 92% of CFOs expressed that they were confident about their firm's business prospects for the next six months.

The local results are based on interviews with 100 CFOs from companies in the Detroit area with 20 or more employees....

Based on the survey, 6% of respondents will not be hiring, even to fill an open position, and 1% plan to reduce staff levels....

Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody's Analytics, said hiring and job postings are steadily increasing across most industries, occupations, and regions of the country.

“Wage growth has begun to edge higher, and if current trend lines remain intact, which they should, the wage gains will be strong and broad based by this time next year,” Zandi said.
Despite their help-wanted signs, customers are starting to walk out of a local Tim Horton's because they're so understaffed. That may be annoying but it's a sure sign that business needs more workers. Yea!