“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”.
Business secretary Vince Cable today launched an enhanced code of conduct for executive search companies in a push to get...
The lack of women occupying top spots in UK business is in the spotlight again, as business secretary Vince Cable...
FTSE 100 companies need fewer than 50 new female appointments to reach the 25% target set by Lord Davies in...
The number of board-level appointments with packages in excess of £200,000 made by employers using retained headhunters rose by 4.5%...
Two employers in five have never operated a succession planning process, according to research published by XpertHR.The 2011 XpertHR survey on...
One board member in five should be replaced in order to create a more innovative company culture, according to a survey of HR...
Company directors will have to be voted in annually by shareholders as part of an overhaul of the code of...
Forcing public sector executives to publish their salaries online will not help to curb excessive pay packages, but could instead...
Incoming Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland will be prevented from poaching executives from Morrisons for a year, it...
The government will tell employers that they must stop predominantly recruiting those who have been privately educated.Professions including medicine, finance...
Pay rates for charity staff bosses trail those of private sector chief executives by 21% nationally and 24% in London.The...
The Civil Service will scrap its mandatory retirement age for all employees from April 2010.Last year Cabinet Office chief Gus...
TalentPuzzle, the innovative recruitment marketplace which lets employers advertise jobs for free to a network of accredited recruitment agencies, released...
Now in its ninth year, the Top 40 Power Players aims to recognise HR’s most prominent and influential professionals; those...
Almost one in 10 applications for senior jobs in the financial sector has been withdrawn since the Financial Services Authority (FSA)...
