In the years leading up to the recession, the talent market was hot. Unemployment in 2007 was hovering in the 4.5 percent range and U.S. GDP growth – while not as robust as the late 1990s – had recovered nicely from the business and geo-political turmoil of the early part of the decade. These factors created [...]
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By John Touey
on January 4, 2013 
This entry is filed under Economy, Executive Compensation, Talent Management and tagged Executive Compensation, Job Market, Recession, Talent Acquisition, talent management.
By John Salveson
on August 8, 2012 
This entry is filed under Career Counseling, Retained Search and tagged Headhunter, Job Market, Philadelphia executive search firm. | 3 Comments
Being an executive search consultant brings with it a variety of occupational hazards. When people discover my profession, they immediately work the word “headhunter” into the conversation and then apologize to me in case I’m insulted by it (I’m not, but I don’t embrace it). Or they send me copies of resumes from friends and [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on May 17, 2011
This entry is filed under Leadership, Retained Search and tagged Great Recession, Job Growth, Job Market, Philadelphia executive search firm, Top Talent.
Where are the reinforcements? I was looking at some data this week about searches performed in our firm over the past five years. What I saw supported something we have been seeing in the retained executive search business since the start of the Great Recession. Five years ago, about 80% of our search assignments were [...]
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