C-Suite

Even with a floundering job market, those who stay behind - the "recession work-horses" - are likely to turn the occasional resignation into a tidal wave of turnover if employers dont know the key to retaining the best and the brightest.

Ninety-three percent of chief financial officers say they plan to maintain their current staff levels during the third quarter while only 3 percent of CFOs say they anticipate bringing in more accounting and finance employees, according to the most recent Robert Half Financial Hiring Index.

Unemployment numbers don't faze workers who say they're ready to find another job and that benefits are likely to be a factor in their decision.

Eighty-eight percent of executives report that they do not plan on changing their staff levels in the next three months, according to the quarterly Robert Half Professional Employment Report.

Only 34 percent of human resource professionals are making a significant strategic contribution to their organization, according to a new study released Wednesday.

Chief financial officers say tax code certainty is now even more important than a reduction in corporate tax rates, given todays political, economic and regulatory changes, according to a new survey conducted by Alvarez & Marsal Taxand LLC, a founding member of the first global network of independent tax firms....

The head of a typical public company made 6 percent more than last year, the second year in a row of increases - and the highest since 2006.

Bruce Bodaken will retire as president and CEO of Blue Cross of California at the end of the year. COO Paul Markovich will assume the reigns in January 2013.