Note: A report for the staffing industry similar to those referenced here was released by Bullhorn earlier this year. Direct hire fees are showing signs of … Read more
Employers Relying More On Agencies to Fill Their Toughest Jobs
To fill their toughest healthcare and tech jobs, the nation’s employers are increasingly turning to staffing firms for help. Research firm WANTED … Read more
Firm Says Execs Got 17% Pay Hike Offers In 2014
Executive search firm Salveson Stetson Group says the senior executives it placed last year received an average pay hike of nearly 16%, and, for the first, … Read more
Puncturing the ‘Myths’ About Contingent Search
Last fall, on BountyJobs, we blogged about macro trends in third party recruiting. Since the end of the recession, fees spent on contingent search agencies … Read more
A Message For Employers: 5 Ways A Search Professional Will Improve Your Hiring
The first weeks of 2015 have seen a plethora of warnings to employers about the imminent scarcity of talent. All predictions suggest that companies will … Read more
Don’t Become the Back-Up to the ‘Real Search’
While you’re working contingency, I’m working engaged or retained… With your client! Something interesting happened a while ago. I received a call … Read more
All Signs Point to Best Year Ever For Search
All but counted out a few years ago, as the biggest employers started in-housing executive search, retained and contingent firms have come roaring back. By … Read more
Jobs Follow Angel Investments
Search firms looking for growth markets might take a look at where angel investors are betting their money. In the first half of the year, over half the … Read more
Temp Hiring Helps U.S. Add 248K New Jobs In September
Temp agencies continue to play a key role in creating new jobs, contributing 19,400 to September’s surprisingly strong 248,000. This morning’s … Read more
What’s Happening to Sourcing?
What’s behind the dramatic rise last year in agency placements? Is LinkedIn now a job board? And what’s the significance of more temp … Read more
Independent Recruiters: Riding a Rising Tide
Business reporters need a new angle when they write about the economy. As they search for any bright spots in the market, they revisit the same stories and … Read more
Nation’s Law Firms Shift Focus to Lateral Hiring
Search firms haven’t yet seen it, but those specializing in attorney placement could be in for a boon in the coming years, as the nation’s … Read more
Revenues, Headcount Grow at Search Firms, Despite Lower Volume
Richer, if fewer search assignments have improved the overall revenue of executive search firms in 2013, according to the latest survey by the Association … Read more
Help Your Client Avoid These Mistakes As You Fight the New Talent Battles
We speak of ‘The War for Talent’ – the perfect storm at the intersection of ballooning demand and limited supply, with no viable solutions but to accept … Read more
Is Content Searching the Future of Social Recruiting?
Rob Dromgoole had a search that would challenge any recruiter. He needed to find a purple squirrel who also spoke Japanese. Dromgoole is director of … Read more
Academia Relying More On Search Firms to Fill Top Spots
It wasn’t that long ago that hiring a new college president or chief executive was largely done by the board of trustees or its equivalent. Faculty … Read more
Heidrick & Struggles Names New CEO, Abandons Sale Plans
International search firm Heidrick & Struggles has given up plans to sell the company and will remain an independent public company. The firm also … Read more
Online Video Show Points Up Differences Between Corporate and Exec Search
With more than 11.8 million unemployed Americans (and millions more globally) it only makes sense for anything recruiting or hiring-related to get a lot of … Read more
Contingency vs. Retained Search: A Client’s Perspective
Why do most external recruiters work on a contingency basis? And why does most retained work happen at the executive level? As a client, I receive better … Read more
The Advantages of Working With An Executive Search Firm In Asia
Working with an executive search firm in Asia insures that you make the right decision when hiring a person for your business. The costs of a bad hire can … Read more