Paul Saunders
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The election of President Barack Obama marked a sea-change in the political process, and a return to democracy via grass-roots activism. The campaign clearly demonstrated the power of good old-fashioned networking: his social networking application had more than 1 million users by election day, and he raised more than $600m through YouTube.
Denise Walker
Fact: following the initial call to a new potential client, the majority of sales people rarely call that client ever again.
For the first time since tracking began in 2006, the number of public sector interim management placements has outstripped the demand in the private sector. According to the Interim Management Association’s (IMA) Ipsos MORI report, 51% of all completed interim assignments in the second quarter of this year were in the public sector, up from 43% in Q1.
Firms are wising up to the way they treat their new arrivals, particularly when they discover how much is lost in attrition costs. Sue Weekes reports
Global IT and BPO services provider Patni has appointed Alison Fryas HR director for EMEA region.
Media organisation VivaKi, part of the global communications giant Publicis Groupe, has appointed Marcus Wainer as head of talent acquisition, VivaKi UK.