Improved benefits, pay offered skilled workers.

• Author: Heffes, Ellen M.
• Position: HUMAN RESOURCES - Brief article

Many employers are enhancing benefits to recruit employees with in-demand skills, finds a new survey. Nearly half (46 percent) of chief financial officers (CFOs) interviewed by specialized temporary staffing firm for accounting, finance and bookkeeping professionals Accountemps said they are improving benefits to attract top talent; 45 percent are raising salaries; and 42 percent are investing in training and development for promising workers.

Overall, more one-quarter (26 percent) of the CFO respondents indicated their companies are bringing in temporary staff to bridge the skills gap; 21 percent are hiring talent from another city and allowing remote work arrangements; and 19 percent are paying relocation expenses for top candidates.

For the survey, which is based on interviews with more than 2,100 CFOs from a stratified random sample of companies in more than 20 of the largest U.S...