Pity those poor execs…

Recruiter has run a number of stories this week based on research from the Financial Times global impact study where 4,500 executives were questioned about their careers.

Blair stays put at AMS to be ‘voice of clients’…

The recent appointment of a chief operating officer at global resourcing and talent management provider Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) will allow its co-founder and chief executive Rosaleen Blair to focus on being both “the voice of clients” and of AMS’s own staff, Blair has told Recruiter.

Government changes are too stifling

I found myself nodding in agreement as I read the comments from ContractorCalculator’s chief executive David Chaplin on the government’s proposed changes on preventing businesses using limited company contractors where they are ‘controlling persons’ (‘The taxing issue of controlling persons’, Recruiter, September 2012).

Global Spotlight on Kenya

Kenya seems to be bucking the global recession and is very much open for business — and recruiting to fulfil its government’s vision for 2030

Contracts/Deals: Amrop launches exec development programme at IMD

International executive search firm Amrop has partnered with Lausanne, Switzerland-based business school IMD to offer an executive development programme called ‘The Trusted Advisor’.

Contracts/deals: PDR Partners acquired by Cromsource

Pharmaceutical and medical recruiter PDR Partners has been acquired by Cromsource, international contract research organisation (CRO).

Executives wary of job market, says FT survey

Executives responding to a recent Financial Times global impact study are more pessimistic about advancing their careers in the current business climate than they were two years ago, believing it is too risky now to move jobs.