Headhunters on the march
13 September 2012
The fight for top procurement talent is heating up again, and executive search specialists are jostling for position. But, as Jane Simms reports, they are increasingly casting their nets outside the purchasing profession
After an 18-month ceasefire, the war for talent in the procurement market is set to rage again, predict recruitment specialists. Until last year's blip, demand for their services had been rising steadily for the past five years, and since January, business has boomed for both broad-based search firms and specialist headhunters.
Firms such as Norman Broadbent and Heidrick...