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Retained Executive Search vs. Contingency Recruiting: Where’s the Finish Line? Can you hire talented performers yourself? Aren’t they all on the Internet? When should you use a professional recruiter — and which kind? This series of articles will help you choose. PART 4 OF 4 – IMPROVING THE ODDS OF […]
Retained Executive Search vs. Contingency Recruiting: Which One is Better? Can you hire talented performers yourself? Aren’t they all on the Internet? When should you a professional recruiter — and which kind? This series of articles will help you choose. PART 3 OF 4: WHAT YOU GET IN A RETAINED SEARCH […]
Retained Executive Search vs. Contingency Recruiting
Can you hire talented performers yourself? Aren’t they all on the Internet? When should you use an executive search firm — and which kind? This series of articles will help you choose. PART 1 OF 4 – MAKING THE DECISION When companies seek to hire management and professional talent from outside their organization, they […]
According to a new report, 21% of full-time employees in the U.S. plan to change jobs in 2014, the largest amount in the post-recession era. This is up from 17% in 2013. Those workers satisfied with their jobs fell to 59% from 66% and 18% are dissatisfied, up from 15% last year. “When more workers […]
Several members of Cornerstone International Group have become leaders in a new management trend, the recruiting of interim managers. This trend that has been growing for several years, particularly in Europe, to access specialist managers for a specific period to accomplish a specific outcome. Hiring an interim requires careful consideration. Here’s an article from the […]
One of the key stages in growing up in the business world is when you start to hire people. That takes your business dream to an altogether new level and brings with it a whole new collection of information and business skills and decisions. As a start-up or small business, where cash flow and cash […]
Executives in the U.S. are coming off second best in confronting the new digital world, according to a recent article in The Financial Post. This year, through the third quarter, 43 companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index were working under new CEOs. That suggests 2013 will surpass the 49 of 2011, the biggest […]
It’s been 150 years or so since Horace Greeley supposedly pointed young men west, but today you want to be going the other way. According to a new survey by the Association of Executive Search Consultants, executives in the Asia-Pacific region are earning the highest base salaries in the world, driven partly by employers in […]
With 70 offices around the world, Cornerstone International Group can guide you through the maze of hiring laws and customs in most countries. In this article, our colleague Gerhard Benneck, flags some surprising German sandtraps from his base in Düsseldorf.
It’s been 10 years since the dark days of Enron and WorldCom exposed massive failings in corporate governance. Today, most Boards of Directors are very different in composition and accountability but one change is proving stubborn: increasing the number of women directors. Studies have unfailingly identified a dual-gender board as superior to the exclusively male […]
Who quietly enforces internal standards of behavior and decorum at the world’s biggest corporations — standards even the CEO must meet? The corporation’s board of directors, says the March issue of online governance monthly Boardroom INSIDER. “Boards play a little noted, but crucial role as the enforcers of propriety within the company,” writes BI editor […]
At their best, most meetings are a waste of time. Instead of inspiring and enabling, way too many of them actually drain participants’ willingness and ability to do real work. Yet QlikTech has found a way to turn its annual corporate summit into a positive, culture-building and culture-reinforcing event that everyone looks forward to. When […]
The only three true job interview questions are: 1. Can you do the job? 2. Will you love the job? 3. Can we tolerate working with you? That’s it. Those three. Think back, every question you’ve ever posed to others or had asked of you in a job interview is a subset of a deeper […]
Search firm Cornerstone International Group has launched a new division, “Women on Boards,” to reinforce women’s presence on international boards of directors. The new division will be headed by Eva Levy, previously chairman of the FEDEPE (the Spanish Federation of Female Executives and Entrepreneurs), and is based at Cornerstone Madrid, Spain. Source: Directors and Boards
An Interim Manager shares his view of the Interim market place… How did a career as an Interim Manager first present itself to you? It was suggested to me as an option by a colleague at KPMG where I worked at the time. The step into the interim market was made easier by having worked […]
Dear friends, I am delighted to inform you that the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Cornerstone Int., Mr. William Guy, will be visiting Athens on June 14th to meet with selective local business leaders.
A review by Murray Parker: In February 1999, James Kristie, Editor Directors and Boards, addressed the Institutional Shareholders Services Annual Client Conference about board trends over the then-past 30 years. At that time he noted six main trends that have now become common practice: Outside Director Majority – is now a reality across all public […]
Gender-based diversity has been discussed for many years, but there seems to be much talk and very little action on correcting the imbalance we see today. In recent reports, representation of women in senior management and at board level is unchanged and, in some cases, has reduced. This to me is a strange phenomenon, suggesting […]
By Murray Parker Abstract: How well can you count on your vendors, distributors, customers, employees, partners or other stakeholders in your organization? Consultant and author Andrew Sobel outlines the secret to ensuring loyalty in these relationships. And we’ll give you a hint; the answer is not friendship. Article: If challenging economic conditions have you examining […]
