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Executive recruitment

“Executive recruitment” is the process of employers using an external firm to locate potential candidates to fill senior or key vacancies. It is commonly known as “headhunting”.


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    Succession planning now ‘more of a priority than AI and risk’

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Apr 2025

    Compared with 2024, the number of directors that cited succession planning as a difficult issue to oversee has more than doubled in the US.

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    CFO turnover at six-year high as pressure builds

    by Jo Faragher 31 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 31 Mar 2025

    More than 15% of chief financial officers in publicly listed companies left their roles in 2024, according to research by Russell Reynolds Associates.

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    Primark boss resigns after ‘error of judgment’

    by Jo Faragher 31 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 31 Mar 2025

    Primark boss Paul Marchant has resigned following an allegation by a woman about ‘his behaviour towards her in a social environment’.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Mid-sized UK firms slow to improve boardroom ethnic diversity

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 11 Mar 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 11 Mar 2025

    Mid-sized UK businesses are slow to boost ethnic diversity on their boards, a new race representation report finds

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    Women CEOs face higher levels of scrutiny, bias and double standards

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025

    Female chief executives face double standards over how their performance is judged to a far greater extent than men, according to new research.

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    Female representation on FTSE 100 boards rises to 43%

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 25 Feb 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 25 Feb 2025

    Female representation on FTSE 100 boards increases to 43.4% – equating to 1,275 roles – as British businesses drive gender equality. 

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    Josh Bersin research: most HR leaders are now in C-suite

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Feb 2025

    Understanding the Path to CHRO, by global HR consultancy the Josh Bersin Company, found that 53% of HR leaders were now C-suite members.

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    What employers need to know about immigration in 2025

    by Chetal Patel and Aisha Choudhry 9 Jan 2025
    by Chetal Patel and Aisha Choudhry 9 Jan 2025

    What should organisations looking to bring in overseas talent look out for in 2025, asks Bates Wells’ Chetal Patel and Aisha Choudhry

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    Number of women on boards increases again in 2024

    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2024
    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2024

    The number of women on boards of the UK’s top 150 companies continues to rise, from 40% in 2023 to 43% in 2024.

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    Two-thirds of FTSE 100 exec roles are held by men

    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2024

    Over two-thirds of senior executive roles in the FTSE 100 go to men, according to analysis by Russell Reynolds Associates.

    • Gender
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    Female executive representation in FTSE 350 falls

    by Jo Faragher 17 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 17 Oct 2024

    Female representation on FTSE 350 executive committees has fallen to 32%, according to the annual Women Count survey.

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    Most FTSE HR chiefs are women, research shows

    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2024
    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2024

    More than two-thirds of chief HR officers in the FTSE 100 are women, but most are the only female in the senior executive team.

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    Josh Bersin: talent acquisition risks being cut off from company strategy

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024

    Talent acquisition teams increasingly feel disconnected from company strategy and are being forced only to advise on ways of reducing costs.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Firms not doing enough on senior-level race diversity

    by Jo Faragher 12 Jun 2023
    by Jo Faragher 12 Jun 2023

    Most employees feel more could be done to hire and promote more ethnically diverse executives.

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    Severn Trent to be first FTSE 100 firm with all-women board

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Feb 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Feb 2023

    Severn Trent is to become the first FTSE 100 company to have women occupying the three key roles of chief executive, chair and chief financial officer.

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