Pay Pressure Increasing

The private sector cannot blame weak profits for the lack of wage growth to its employees. As the chart illustrates, operating and reported margins have doubled since 1994, at least for the S&P ...

Jorgen Friisberg on Headhunting

Jorgen Friisberg, who has specialised in executive search for more than 50 years, says that new technologies made the headhunting process more complicated. What is needed are 35-year-olds with 30 ...

Brexit Brain Drain

Of the EU nationals leaving the UK because of Brexit, just over half (51%) plan to have left by the end of this year. The most likely to go are the highest earners and the best educated. KPMG's ...

Friisberg Partner Conference in Vilnius

Friisberg & Partners International, one of Europe's longest established Executive Search groups, convenes its 91st Partner Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania this week. Friisberg is no longer just ...

PGC now Friisberg & Partners International

After 18 years as PGC, the Birmingham-based headhunting firm is rebranding as ‘Friisberg & Partners International’, the name of its very successful international business. PGC became the ...

89th Partner Conference

Peter Strandberg, Chairman of Friisberg & Partners International, convenes the 89th Partner Conference in Bucharest, Romania. The three-day conference brings together the Partners and ...

Corporate Innovation; an Oxymoron?

Generally, large multinational corporations are not thought of as the most dynamic workplaces. The perception that corporations are too hierarchical and mired in bureaucracy has been a drain on ...

Digital Europe: Realizing Potential

Europe is operating below its digital potential. Accelerating digitization could add trillions of euros to economic growth in less than a decade. Using the Industry Digitization ...

Best Job Creation Rate in a Decade for Eurozone

Eurozone businesses enjoyed their strongest quarter since 2011 in the three months to June 2017, in a further sign that economic growth is accelerating. A survey by IHS Markit in the Eurozone's ...

Accelerating Gender Diversity on Boards

Slow progress in adding more women to boards has dominated the conversation. But tips from standout companies are more likely to inspire others to take firmer action. Through interviews with firms ...