Published on: Friday, October 08, 2010

Executive Job Creation Positive for Ninth Consecutive Month

 

Healthcare, High-Tech Lead Modest but Sustained Hiring Recovery

ExecuNet's benchmark Executive Job Creation Index (EJCI) held positive for a ninth consecutive month in September, reflecting the slow but continuing rebuild of many corporate management teams.

The rate of hiring among employers expected to add executive jobs in the next six months outpaced those planning to eliminate or postpone filling top roles by seven points, extending a positive trend but still weighed down by employer hesitancy to hire for top jobs.

The September Job Creation Index, based on an ExecuNet survey of 147 executive recruiters, reveals that executive recruiters anticipate 44 percent of companies will leverage the economic climate by selectively "trading up" management talent with new hires for existing executive roles, and 23 percent will add new leadership roles.

Published on: Thursday, September 30, 2010

Recruiter Confidence Shows No “Double Dip”

 

Management Hiring Expected to Remain Steady until Fall Elections

Executive recruiters report the management employment marketplace is showing improvements in certain sectors of hiring activity but is also marked by lingering employer hesitancy about investing in new projects and leaders ahead of a more convincing economic recovery and the fall elections.

Signs of business reinvestment and increased executive hiring in select industry segments such as healthcare, technology and life sciences, and for management roles in sales, business development, engineering and marketing reveal no immediate indication of a "double dip" in economic growth.

In September, ExecuNet's benchmark Recruiter Confidence Index found that 50 percent of 147 responding executive recruiters are "confident" or "very confident" the executive employment market will improve over the next six months, up four points from August.

Published on: Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Tweet All About It

 

What once began as a "big, empty box to type into and post on the Internet," one few could understand the meaning behind, gave rise to millions of blogs and the force behind a continually expanding self-publishing industry. Similarly, "When we did Twitter," said company co-founder Biz Stone to Bloomberg TV's Margaret Brennan at the 2010 World Business Forum, where ExecuNet exclusively reported, "we said, 'Here is a smaller box, and you can type into it and put it on the Internet.' People will find their own reason to use it. Everyone will find their own path to it."

That path has led to 65 million Tweets per day from 200 million unique visitors per month. Despite widespread categorization of Twitter as a social network, Stone said the service functions more like an information network or news network. "You can follow CNN, Bloomberg or three of your friends. Whatever you want to pay attention to in the world."

Recruiter Confidence Slips but Remains Positive

Executive Job Creation Remains Positive
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