Nearly half of U.S. firms say they are struggling to fill job openings in key positions and plan to increase wages more than 3% in the coming year, according to a new survey, the Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook.
The Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook survey was conducted in September and polled a wide range of companies—public and private, small and large, many industries, etc. Among the industries represented in the survey are retail/wholesale, mining/construction, manufacturing, transportation/energy, communications/media, technology, service/consulting, and banking/finance/insurance.
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