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Just last week, Heidrick & Struggles, the world's largest executive recruiter, said it expected to report in early August a gain of more than 40percentt in quarterly revenue -- as well as higher-than-expected earnings.
"I'm hearing more optimism from my technology clients than I have in the last 24 or 36 months," said David Nosal, who runs the Northern California operations of Korn/Ferry International, the nation's largest executive search company.
And in a March survey of the 50 largest executive recruiting firms by Kennedy Information, a publishing and research firm that analyzes the executive search industry, 26percentt said they find part-time jobs for executives, largely for those getting out of their careers.
Now, a new crop of potential job seekers has emerged, one full of people who, for whatever reason, do not seem as eager to switch jobs as their older siblings once were, said Steve Zales, president of the Spencer Stuart Talent Network, an Internet-based offshoot of Spencer Stuart, the privately held concern that is one of the largest executive search firms in the world.
In April it acquired the remaining stake in Asia's largest executive search firm Bo Le.
Last month it acquired one of India's largest executive search firms, NuGrid, for an undisclosed amount.
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And when it comes to filling the most senior jobs, although globalisation is increasing the size of the potential market, clients have begun to rebel against the fat fees charged by the largest executive-search firms: a third of the first-year salary for the position, plus a further "administrative fee".
"They tend to take larger executive aircraft.
Even so, misplaced optimism can be troubling, they add, particularly when that optimism leads directly to a large executive payday.
For a time, A.I.G. was essentially a ward of the federal government, which owned the bulk of its stock, yet it continued paying large executive bonuses.
Ken Shimabuku, who works for a large executive search firm in Osaka, said he had been surprised Tuesday by the number of people carrying suitcases through the streets.
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