Search and the City
13 September 2012
The headhunters operating at the top end of the UK recruitment market have always been seen as a cut above the rest - but now they're facing difficult times
A year or so ago, the executive search market was enjoying a period of sustained, lucrative boom. A generally healthy economy meant that employers were falling over themselves to spend money hiring the best people, with dotcoms and telecoms companies providing a potential new source of lucrative work.
Search firms grew accordingly. The ‘big five’ that dominate...