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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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    Rise in diversity at board level of FTSE companies

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Dec 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Dec 2022

    Two-thirds of FTSE 350 companies now have at least one board member from an ethnically diverse background – a significant increase from 45% in 2021.

    • Financial services
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Deloitte revamps UK leadership team

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Nov 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Nov 2022

    Professional services giant Deloitte has replaced half of its 16-person UK executive team. In doing so it has reduced the number of women at senior level.

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    EU agrees on 40% quota for women on boards

    by Jo Faragher 8 Jun 2022
    by Jo Faragher 8 Jun 2022

    The EU has agreed to launch a directive requiring larger companies to ensure corporate boards are 40% female.

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    City firms pledge to improve social mobility in leading roles

    by Adam McCulloch 20 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 20 May 2022

    A major new initiative has been launched to improve social mobility when it comes to recruitment into senior jobs in the City.

    • Candidate experience
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender

    Entrepreneurs: men seen as less employable than women by recruiters

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Mar 2022

    Male business founders viewed as too independent-minded and non-compliant compared with female candidates.

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    Senior executives: towards a new world of work?

    by Simon Gorham 15 Feb 2022
    by Simon Gorham 15 Feb 2022

    New trends are emerging in new contractual provisions for senior executives, as skills shortages and hybrid working becomes the norm.

    • Corporate governance
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    Progress made on ethnic and gender balance on FTSE boards

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Dec 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Dec 2021

    The UK’s biggest companies are making steady progress on board diversity, with women now occupying more than a third of...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Executive recruitment

    Top executives aware of race bias in recruitment

    by Jo Faragher 24 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 24 Nov 2021

    More than half of senior executives in UK organisations believe it’s harder for employees from ethnic minorities to get promoted,...

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    UK lagging behind major economies on CEO gender diversity

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Nov 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Nov 2021

    Women make up less than a tenth of chief executives at listed companies in the UK, which is lagging behind...

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    HR leaders take biggest slice of C-suite hires growth

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2021

    The post of chief human resources officer has seen the biggest growth in share of hires out of all C-suite roles over the past year, with chief people officers also in high demand.

    • Gender
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    Female FTSE 100 directors earn 73% less than male counterparts

    by Jo Faragher 23 Aug 2021
    by Jo Faragher 23 Aug 2021

    Research finds that the average pay package for a female director in the FTSE 100 is £237,000, compared to £875,900 for male directors.

    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    FTSE 100: Proportion of white male leaders is increasing

    by Rob Moss 11 Aug 2021
    by Rob Moss 11 Aug 2021

    Despite genuine efforts in corporate Britain to improve the boardroom diversity, the number of white men in ‘top 40’ positions...

    • Social mobility
    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Boardroom diversity: Working class men losing out to women

    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2021
    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2021

    Working class men could be losing out on top roles as organisations race to recruit more women to meet diversity...

    • Candidate experience
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Diversity biggest challenge for in-house executive recruitment

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 May 2021

    Finding, engaging with, and hiring diverse candidates are the biggest challenges faced by in-house recruiters when hiring leadership positions.

    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Hampton-Alexander review: Final report shows female directors up by 50%

    by Jo Faragher 24 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 24 Feb 2021

    The number of female directors in FTSE 100 companies has increased by 50% in the last five years, according to the Hampton-Alexander review.

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