Is it good to go back?
Whilst the war for talent has been on hold for many companies, the market is starting to move again and companies will soon start to look for quality personnel to help them move forward. In times like this it is tempting for companies to look for ‘who they know’ for ‘what they know’ and find ex-employees and ask them to come back. 

Legal Update: some exits are on the pitch...
World Cup 2010 saw a number of surprising exits. Who would have predicted before the tournament kicked off that France would come bottom of Group A and fail to make it through to the Second Round?  And jaws must have dropped at World Cup holders Italy losing to Slovakia and heading home at the end of the Group stage too. High profile departures, however, were not restricted to the pitch, writes Fergal Dowling.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast
Strategy, as always, comes from the top and really it doesn’t matter how good or how cutting edge your strategy is; if you don’t have the people with the right attitude (culture) then there is little or no chance of the strategy working! Unless you have a massive personnel change first.

Canada joins the fold
Andrew Norrie, Managing Partner of the Four Corners Group, our new partner in Canada, talks to us about his firm. Canadian owned and operated, they have completed projects across Canada, the United States and Internationally.

Sweden in profile
Having worked for InterSearch ten years ago, Peter Anden returns with his firm Harvest Baker. Located in Stockholm and founded in 2002 by Ola Rönngårdh and Peter Andén, they have combined experience of 20 years within the Executive Search industry.

International Update
At the recent global meeting in Marseilles all InterSearch partners agreed on two things; that 2009 was a very poor year and that 2010 is proving to be much better with everyone stating that business in their home markets is now growing.