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Founder of CTPartners and CEO of Revenue Beast predicts significant job growth in 12-18 months New York, NY (PRWEB) February 5, 2011 Although not all experts were encouraged by today's news that the US unemployment rate fell in January from 9.4% to 9%, job expert and founder of CTPartners and Revenue Beast, Jeff Christian is bullish on the jobs market. According to Christian, "As the CEO of Revenue Beast, I work with a number of executive search firms. Each is reporting strong growth...

NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. corporate directors are optimistic about the economy's strength moving into 2011 and beyond, according to the quarterly NACD Board Confidence Index (BCI), a leading indicator of the health of the economy as viewed through the corporate boardroom lens. The Q4 2010 survey conducted by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Heidrick & Struggles and Pearl Meyer & Partners, revealed a gain in confidence of almost 14% compared...

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporations must swiftly incorporate sustainability methods throughout their entire organization or risk obsolescence, according to sustainability experts at Egon Zehnder International, an executive search firm. Those companies that recognize sustainability as a business imperative and implement strategic sustainability initiatives will drive superior business performance. "Although many companies are now advancing aggressively on sustainability,...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Todd Hutchings has assumed leadership of Egon Zehnder International's North American Life Sciences Practice Group. Peter Levin, who led the practice, will continue at the firm in an active client-facing role recruiting CEOs and C-Level executives. In his new role, Mr. Hutchings will be responsible for deepening core client relationships, working with boards and providing the full array of functional leadership capabilities to Life Science...

Executive Search Firm JMJ Phillip is taking a lead by example stance for the 2010 holiday season and is stepping up by offering to match every toy a business sends in to their firm with a similar toy. Rochester, MI (PRWEB) November 23, 2010 The national executive search firm JMJ Phillip is taking a lead by example stance for the 2010 holiday season and is stepping up by offering to match every toy a business sends in to their firm with a similar toy. JMJ Phillip's goal is to bring...

NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Shane N.O. Williams, has joined Egon Zehnder International as a core member of the firm's North American and Global Life Sciences Practice, it was announced today by Alan Hilliker, Managing Partner of the firm's New York office. He will focus on the international executive search firm's pharmaceutical clients in both the R&D and commercial areas. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder International, Shane Williams held numerous high-profile positions...

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- David Noble has joined Egon Zehnder International as a Senior Advisor to the firm's Financial Services Practice Group, it was announced today by Alan Hilliker, Managing Partner of the firm's New York office. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Mr. Noble was a senior Partner in Oliver Wyman Group where he advised some of the most complex global financial institutions across a broad range of strategy, risk and transformation issues. In North America, he led...

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A majority of women in the boardroom believe that board diversity is key to restoring trust after the economic crisis, but only about half of men and women directors think their boards are doing a good job of advancing diversity, according to new research conducted by Heidrick & Struggles, WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), and Dr. Boris Groysberg of the Harvard Business School. "There is a disconnect between what women directors feel must be done and what's...

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) (http://www.aesc.org) announces a new partnership with Vizibility Inc. (http://www.vizibility.com), which introduced the world's first SearchMe(TM) Button for Google earlier this year. The partnership will allow AESC member search consultants the ability to optimize Google search results for their name or firm name while also learning more about the service and how they can use it while researching...

WESTPORT, Conn., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Good Search, LLC, a Westport, CT-based, next-generation executive search firm specializing in investigative recruitment, hosted the complimentary Webcast "Recruiting Smarter: Search as Investigation" on July 14, 2010. Featured in an event organized by HR.com entitled "Web 2.0 and the Staffing Process," the gathering was designed to educate human resources professionals on the latest recruitment "best practices." As jobs have become increasingly...