Senior Hiring Improves In Surprising Industries

Go out and mingle with top headhunters — those gregarious talent scouts who are constantly scouring the world in search of managers to fill the top executive jobs — and these days you’ll find some most happy people.

In the rising U.S. economy, jobs are plentiful, demand for take-charge executives has become intense. Middle managers and beginners in the job market are also doing well. This is quite a change from three or four years ago, when hiring ran as slow as a dry creek. But a pickup has been clear for some time. Says Leslie Stern, a partner at Heidrick & Struggles, one of the biggest corporate recruiters: "I’ve been in this business for 38 years, and I’ve concentrated on financial services. And 2005 was the best year I ever had in all sectors of financial services."

It was particularly strong for recruiters with such financial specialties as insurance, private banking and asset management, plus business consulting and outsourcing.

By Marshall Loeb

From Marketwatch

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