The latest ExecuNet Recruiter Confidence Index says recruiters are forecasting a double-digit increase in executive search assignments in 2010. According to November’s survey of 161 executive recruiters, 50% are confident or very confident the executive employment market will improve during the next six months – down from 56% last month and up significantly from all-time lows [...]
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ExecuNet Sees ‘Bright Spots’ in Healthcare, Green Tech, Energy
December 1st, 2009
Confidence Spike in Executive Employment?
August 28th, 2009
The latest ExecuNet Recruiter Confidence Index shows an increasing number of executive recruiters expect job growth at the top of the employment market to improve in the months ahead. And with evidence that the longest recession since World War II is losing its grip on the U.S. economy (apparently just as job woes are heating up [...]
The 10% Flat Fee: Yay or Nay?
July 1st, 2009
On the same day that ExecuNet’s June survey of 145 executive recruiters revealed a 7% drop in confidence (50% compared to 57% last month) over improvement in the executive employment market, along comes a competitor that might make you shudder. An executive recruitment company has just announced its plans to undercut competitors by offering a flat [...]
Recruiters Upbeat About Year, Even If Searches Are Down
May 28th, 2009
A new report from ExecuNet says executive recruiters and search firms predict that executive hiring should pick up in the second half of 2009, after a tough first six months. Recruiters participating in the annual ExecuNet Job Market Intelligence Report predict a 14 percent decline in searches through June, after which a boomlet is expected that [...]
Sourcing Executive Candidates
April 10th, 2009
ExecuNet’s “2009 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report” shows that search firms are using social networking/referrals for 37% of searches. Another 30% are using a firm’s database/personal contact list. Online job postings/advertising accounts for just 15%, while online search accounts for another 10%. Mining target companies scored the remaining 8%. On the flip side, social networking accounts [...]
Confidence in the Executive Employment Market
February 27th, 2009
Assignments are slowing, hiring plans are on hold, and confidence is plunging. That is the evidence from the latest ExecuNet survey of 164 executive recruiters, with 28% confident or very confident the executive employment market will improve in the next six months – down from 36% last month. “While recruiters’ outlook for the first half of the [...]
Executive Confidence Dips to 37%
October 30th, 2008
Turmoil in the financial markets has companies taking a closer look at their human capital needs. According to the October ExecuNet survey of 141 executive recruiters, 37% are confident or very confident the executive employment market will improve in the next six months – down from 49% in September. “While some executive recruiters report that searches are [...]
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