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Headhunters: an industry transformed
IFR Asia, December 2009
The headhunters who serve Asia’s banking community have mirrored their clients through the financial crisis. A severe plunge; an unexpected bounce; and a reshaping of the industry along the way.
“The business fell off a cliff for us in December and everything came to a grinding halt,” recalls John Wright at Global Sage in Hong Kong. “Everyone had to reorganize their businesses and shift people around; it took them a few months to figure out who was going to do what. But now we find ourselves massively busy – we had a record July.” Continue…
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