Archive for February, 2009

Should headhunters advertise?

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

True Headhunters would never advertise their jobs on a Linked in discussion board?
This was placed on a number of Linked In discussion groups.
As Headhunters it is our role to make direct approaches to specific individuals that work for our clients competitors. We add value by heavily researching and targeting senior people that are NOT actively [...]

Should headhunters advertise results

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

MSC Discussion results following the Linked in debate “Real Headhunters would never advertise a job on a linked in discussion board”
This article was posted as a discussion on Linkedin on Tuesday 24th February across 12 groups. Over 200 individuals responded, providing the statistics for the data below.

The overall response results of the posting

The [...]

Pfizer CEO: Wyeth merger will bring what’s needed

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Eager to dispel doubts about the difficulties of executing Pfizer Inc.’s $68 billion tie-up with Wyeth, Pfizer’s CEO said it will be done more like microsurgery than just stitching two huge corporations together. Jeffrey Kindler has spent two years transforming Pfizer into smaller, entrepreneurial research and marketing business units, making the companies easier to combine, [...]

Obama wants to avoid ‘trade war’

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

US President Barack Obama has said he wants to avoid economic stimulus measures that would signal protectionism or spark a trade war. Mr Obama was responding to international criticism of a “Buy American” clause in the $800bn (£567bn) US economic recovery package. The clause seeks to ensure that only US iron, steel and manufactured goods [...]