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November 8, 2007
Vol 5  No 21

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Summer Internships Shouldn’t End Once Classes Resume

Companies often don’t see their hard work pay off because they fail at the simplest, most critical of tasks—keeping in touch with interns after they return to school. Fortunately, there are strategies and tools employers can use to ensure that the relationships they developed with summer interns remain strong and healthy throughout their final year at school.

Read more about keeping track of interns.

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Building an Intern Inventory

The good news for employers is that there are far more students available than the number of internship openings. The bad news, however, is that the batch of high-potential candidates—those who rank high in their class or attend a brand-name college—is small, and the competition for them is fierce.

Read more about creating a steady supply of interns.

 
 
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Streamlining the Recruitment Experience
In the Recruiting & Staffing Forum:

A member writes: "We are looking at options to streamline our recruitment process so the candidate has a positive ‘experience.’ We’ve been told our process is too long. Currently we are pre-screening, telephone screening, conducting assessments, in-person interviews, etc. This model is very traditional. Is anyone doing something ‘out of the box’ for interviews—i.e., in an after-hours coffee shop, fishbowl interviews or group interviews?"


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  Workforce Metrics  
 
Top 10 U.S. Search Firms


Statistics tallied for year ended December 31, 2006
Firms are ranked according to net professional U.S. revenue in $ millions
 
  Revenue Percent change Number of
U.S. search consultants
1. Korn/Ferry International $307.9 10.3% 236
2. Spencer Stuart 260.8 5.4 146
3. Heidrick & Struggles International 245.4 2.8 196
4. Russell Reynolds Associates 209.6 26.7 109
5. DHR International 78.6 12.5 98
6. Egon Zehnder International 277.6 19.5 53
7. Christian & Timbers 68.4 69.3 43
8. Witt/Kieffer 34.0 14.1 52
9. Edward W Kelley & Partners 19.0 n/a 22
10. Kaye/Bassman International 18.1 16.8 35
Source: Hunt-Scanlon


Information Technology Hiring

 

Percentage of CIOs reporting IT
hiring plans for Q4 2007

No change 83%
Increase 14
Decrease 2
Don't know 1
Source: Robert Half Technology  

 


 

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