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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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    Should the UK introduce women-only shortlists for board positions?

    by Laurence O’Neill and Nizmeara Khatun 15 Apr 2014
    by Laurence O’Neill and Nizmeara Khatun 15 Apr 2014

    The lack of women occupying top spots in UK business is in the spotlight again, as business secretary Vince Cable...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Executive recruitment
    • Sex discrimination

    One-fifth of FTSE 100 board positions now filled by women

    by Jo Faragher 26 Mar 2014
    by Jo Faragher 26 Mar 2014

    FTSE 100 companies need fewer than 50 new female appointments to reach the 25% target set by Lord Davies in...

    • Executive recruitment
    • Recruitment & retention

    Board-level appointments rise

    by Nick Martindale 8 Jul 2011
    by Nick Martindale 8 Jul 2011

    The number of board-level appointments with packages in excess of £200,000 made by employers using retained headhunters rose by 4.5%...

    • Executive recruitment
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Labour turnover

    Two-fifths of employers have never used succession planning

    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Mar 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Mar 2011

    Two employers in five have never operated a succession planning process, according to research published by XpertHR.The 2011 XpertHR survey on...

    • HR practice
    • HR strategy
    • Executive recruitment

    Board level change needed to create more innovative companies

    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Dec 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Dec 2010

    One board member in five should be replaced in order to create a more innovative company culture, according to a survey of HR...

    • Business performance
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    Company boards should vote in directors annually and focus on gender and diversity

    by Personnel Today 28 May 2010
    by Personnel Today 28 May 2010

    Company directors will have to be voted in annually by shareholders as part of an overhaul of the code of...

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    Public sector pay list will not curb excessive senior wages

    by Personnel Today 16 Apr 2010
    by Personnel Today 16 Apr 2010

    Forcing public sector executives to publish their salaries online will not help to curb excessive pay packages, but could instead...

    • Business performance
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    M&S CEO Bolland banned from poaching former Morrisons colleagues

    by Personnel Today 22 Feb 2010
    by Personnel Today 22 Feb 2010

    Incoming Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland will be prevented from poaching executives from Morrisons for a year, it...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Government to tell professions to recruit more state educated people

    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010

    The government will tell employers that they must stop predominantly recruiting those who have been privately educated.Professions including medicine, finance...

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    Charity bosses’ pay trails private sector ones by a quarter

    by John Charlton 2 Oct 2009
    by John Charlton 2 Oct 2009

    Pay rates for charity staff bosses trail those of private sector chief executives by 21% nationally and 24% in London.The...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Retirement age to be scrapped for senior civil servants

    by Mike Berry 1 Oct 2009
    by Mike Berry 1 Oct 2009

    The Civil Service will scrap its mandatory retirement age for all employees from April 2010.Last year Cabinet Office chief Gus...

    • Executive recruitment
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    TalentPuzzle, the game changing marketplace for employers, releases a new version

    by Personnel Today 30 Sep 2009
    by Personnel Today 30 Sep 2009

    TalentPuzzle, the innovative recruitment marketplace which lets employers advertise jobs for free to a network of accredited recruitment agencies, released...

    • Age discrimination
    • Change management
    • Careers in HR

    Top 40 Power Players 2009

    by Ross Bentley 28 Sep 2009
    by Ross Bentley 28 Sep 2009

    Now in its ninth year, the Top 40 Power Players aims to recognise HR’s most prominent and influential professionals; those...

    • Competencies
    • Employment law
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    FSA vetting leads 10% of applicants for top bank jobs to drop out

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    Almost one in 10 applications for senior jobs in the financial sector has been withdrawn since the Financial Services Authority (FSA)...

    • Executive recruitment
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Second phase follows successful recruitment launch

    by Personnel Today 9 Jul 2009
    by Personnel Today 9 Jul 2009

    A second phase of recruitment is being launched following a successful campaign to find a raft of candidates for a...

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