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Amanda Alexander, global head of talent for executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, is interviewed about the battle of the top talent in the world in this video posted February 03, 2009.

On this week's Business and Property show we asked who had the safest pair of hands for our economy.

Amanda Alexander, global head of talent for executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, is interviewed about the battle of the top talent in the world in this video posted February 03, 2009.

George Kogolla, former executive director, Youth Alive! Kenya, named executive director, Carolina for Kibera; Salim Mohamed, co-founder and former executive director, moving from Kenya to U.K. to pursue master's degree.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced $2 million open competition for ideas to transform learning using digital media.A Helene D. Gayle, president and CEO, CARE USA, appointed to board of trustees; Rockefeller Foundation; Jane L. Mendillo, president and CEO, Harvard Management Co., appointed to foundation's investment committee.

ONE of the British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's rising stars, David Baxby, has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed Virgin Blue's long-time boss, Brett Godfrey.

SADIF Analytics releases new summary due diligence report for Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

Amanda Alexander, global head of talent for executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, is interviewed about the battle of the top talent in the world in this video posted February 03, 2009.

Amanda Alexander, global head of talent for executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, is interviewed about the battle of the top talent in the world in this video posted February 03, 2009.

Marketers are asking, "What do I need to know About it?" The Obama Prism on the Multicultural Market: They sit in board rooms, C-suites, and now heavily in the White House upper ranks.

As investors slowly dip their toes back into the stock market, mutual fund companies are cautiously hiring again.

Corporate boards will face "a whole new level of risk" and "a sea change in how directors will view CEO succession planning" as a result of an SEC staff legal bulletin permitting shareholder proposals for more disclosure about CEO succession planning policies, according to a statement from executive recruiter Heidrick & Struggles International.

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. , a premier leadership advisory firm providing executive search and leadership consulting services worldwide, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit fell more than two-thirds as the executive staffing company continued to grapple with the recession's contracting labor force.

The Arizona Department of Transportation says it would close all rest areas and nearly all Motor Vehicle Division offices if required to implement a 15 percent midyear budget cut.

1. "I'll play you for a sucker." Headhunters come in two flavors. "Retained" executive search firms, such as blue-chippers Korn/Ferry International or Heidrick & Struggles, charge a company up front to locate candidates for client openings.

A February 2008 survey commissioned by executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles revealed that "while 84% of the marketers surveyed believe multicultural marketing is "critical to my business," almost 40% said "they don't know the financial value of multicultural groups to their companies." In response to these findings, Carla Palazio, a partner ...

Hedge-fund firms went on a hiring binge in late August and September as they sought to rebuild assets under management after the industrya s worst year, according to Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.

One-Third of Wall Street Workers Expect Bigger Bonus This Year About 36 percent of the 1,074 people who responded to an e-mailed poll by eFinancialCareers.com said they are anticipating a bigger annual payout from their companies and 11 percent said it will jump by at least half.

Summary: The financial crisis helped erode - if not obliterate - trust between money managers and many of their clients.