Press Coverage
Hunt-Scanlon Media has been defining the senior talent management sector for over 25 years. Since our inception, leading global media outlets have turned to Hunt Scanlon for our global staffing intelligence data, making us the most widely referenced, single source for information in the human capital sector. Here is just some of our recent coverage.
Global ‘Big Five’ Recruiters Surpass $3.4 Billion In Revenues
May 15, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media has released its annual rankings of leading global executive search firms. According to Hunt Scanlon, the recruiting industry’s ‘Big Five’ grew nine percent for the year, topping out at $3.38 billion in revenue. Included on this year’s rankings: Korn Ferry, Spencer Stuart, Egon Zehnder, Heidrick & Struggles and
Recruiting Business Up 15 Percent
May 15, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media has released its annual rankings of leading U.S. executive search firms. According to Hunt Scanlon, the senior-level recruiting industry grew 15 percent for the year, topping out at $2.6 billion in revenue among the company’s ‘Top 50’ rankings list. “With few exceptions nearly every firm reported positive gains,” said
On The Move: Tripp Revson And Chase Barbe
May 8, 2015 — Hunt Scanlon Media, a Greenwich-based provider of global staffing intelligence data that helps companies with executive searches, has hired Charles “Tripp” Revson as director of sales and marketing. Mr. Revson will implement initiatives that include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon’s line of human capital studies, trade publications and e-media market intelligence platforms. In
Tripp Revson Joins Hunt Scanlon Media
April 28, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today announces that Charles “Tripp” Revson has joined the Greenwich-based company as Director, Sales & Marketing. In his new capacity, Mr. Revson will implement the company’s marketing initiatives which include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon’s line of human capital studies, trade publications and all e-media market
Chase Barbe Promoted At Hunt Scanlon Media
April 28, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today announces that Chase Barbe has been promoted at the Greenwich-based company to Director, Media & Digital Content. In his new capacity, Mr. Barbe will manage the company’s full contingent of media initiatives including Hunt Scanlon’s website where he will spearhead and drive all editorial and interactive
CTPartners Scores Lifeline but Deal Talks with DHR Idle
April 13, 2015 — Despite gaining enough financial means and time necessary to pursue a deal with DHR International Inc., CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (CTP) instead finds that talks with its rival in the two executive search space haven’t gone very far and that the loss of many of its highest-paying customers is starting to
Korn Ferry Fired Executive For Allegedly Soliciting Escorts
April 9, 2015 — A high-level legal battle between search firm Korn Ferry International and one of its former high-level executives has taken a sordid turn. In a court filing late Thursday, Korn Ferry said it fired Robert Damon, its former executive chairman for the Americas, for allegedly using his company email address repeatedly “to solicit and arrange for meetings
Maguire Prods Ctpartners To Launch Formal Auction
March 24, 2015 — As activist shareholder Maguire Asset Management adds to pressure on CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (CTP) to evaluate a sale, DHR International Inc. and other potential buyers remain concerned about the defection of senior members at the embattled C-suite search firm. The New York-based executive search company could be worth between $12
DHR Ramps Up Pressure on CTPartners
March 13, 2015 — A substantial roadblock has been lifted now that CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (CTP) CEO Brian Sullivan is no longer in the picture, but DHR International Inc. is still waiting for the executive search firm’s special committee to converse with it about its takeover offer. Chicago-based DHR has at the same time
Chicago Search Firm Seeks Rival’s Global Offices
February 6, 2015 — When CEO Geoffrey Hoffmann looks at CTPartners Executive Search, he sees Europe, Australia and robust practices in financial and professional services. This means looking past the CTPartners’ present reality: to wit, a stock price that plummeted 24 percent in December following news reports that the firm routinely discriminated against female employees
The Recruiter From Another Planet
January 8, 2015 – Not long ago I received an email from someone using a Gmail address, claiming to be a headhunter representing Fortune 500-level companies. The person asked about my interest in a position at an unnamed firm, and requested a résumé. I responded positively, but became suspicious when a follow-up asked for my
Why The Etiquette Of College Basketball Has Changed
November 4, 2014 — When Missouri men’s basketball coach Frank Haith left for Tulsa in April, he told his boss, Missouri athletic director Mike Alden, that he was leaving via text message. That text message, sent after Haith had made multiple efforts to call Alden the night before, would have sent shockwaves throughout the college athletics
On The Move: Chase Barbe
September 15, 2014 — Hunt Scanlon Media, LLC announced Chase Barbe has joined the Greenwich-based company as director of marketing and analytics. In his new capacity, Barbe will help plan and manage the company’s marketing initiatives, which include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon Media’s line of human capital studies and trade publications. He will also oversee the
Chase Barbe Joins Hunt Scanlon Media
September 8, 2014 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today announces that Chase Barbe has joined the Greenwich-based company as director of marketing and analytics. In his new capacity, Chase will work closely with managing director Christopher W. Hunt to help plan, manage and execute the company’s marketing initiatives which include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon’s line
How Executive Headhunters Are Scrambling For Relevance
August 13, 2014 — Late last year, Canada’s small community of executive recruiters, the big-game headhunters who poach and staff the nation’s C-suites, was rocked by news of a recruiting coup within its own ranks. Roughly half the staff at Odgers Berndtson Canada, one of this country’s biggest search firms, resigned (or were cut loose,
Greenwich Analyst Sees Hiring Climate Improving
May 30, 2014 — Christopher Hunt has a unique window into global hiring trends — and he’s feeling bullish. As president of Hunt Scanlon Media, a trade publisher and analyst for the executive search industry, Hunt keeps tabs on some 3,000 U.S. recruiting firms and another 3,500 that are located abroad. It’s a good time to be in the
Global ‘Big Five’ Recruiters Surpass $3 Billion In Revenues
May 1, 2014 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today released its annual rankings of global executive search firms. Overall, according to Hunt Scanlon, the recruiting industry’s ‘Big Five’ grew seven percent for the year, topping out at $3 billion in revenue. Included in this year’s rankings: Korn Ferry, Egon Zehnder, Spencer Stuart, Heidrick &
Recruiting Business Up Nine Percent
May 1, 2014 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today released its annual rankings of U.S. executive search firms. Overall, according to Hunt Scanlon, the recruiting industry grew nine percent for the year, topping out at $2.3 billion in revenue among the company’s ‘Top 40’ rankings list. “With few exceptions nearly every firm reported positive gains,” said
Heidrick Makes Outside Hire Its New CEO
February 3, 2014 — Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. chose former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Tracy R. Wolstencroft as its first outside chief executive, concluding an unusually long search by the big executive-search company. Mr. Wolstencroft immediately vowed to keep talent from jumping ship at Heidrick, which has been beset by high turnover and sluggish growth. During the first nine months
Goldman Sachs Vet Named CEO Of Heidrick & Struggles
February 3, 2014 — Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. today named a Goldman Sachs & Co. veteran its new CEO. Tracy Wolstencroft, 55, also joined the board of Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles. Interim CEO Jory Marino will stay with the firm in a leadership position, according to a statement today. Mr. Wolstencroft spent
Press Coverage
Hunt-Scanlon Media has been defining the senior talent management sector for over 25 years. Since our inception, leading global media outlets have turned to Hunt Scanlon for our global staffing intelligence data, making us the most widely referenced, single source for information in the human capital sector. Here is just some of our recent coverage.
Global ‘Big Five’ Recruiters Surpass $3.4 Billion In Revenues
May 15, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media has released its annual rankings of leading global executive search firms. According to Hunt Scanlon, the recruiting industry’s ‘Big Five’ grew nine percent for the year, topping out at $3.38 billion in revenue. Included on this year’s rankings: Korn Ferry, Spencer Stuart, Egon Zehnder, Heidrick & Struggles and
Recruiting Business Up 15 Percent
May 15, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media has released its annual rankings of leading U.S. executive search firms. According to Hunt Scanlon, the senior-level recruiting industry grew 15 percent for the year, topping out at $2.6 billion in revenue among the company’s ‘Top 50’ rankings list. “With few exceptions nearly every firm reported positive gains,” said
On The Move: Tripp Revson And Chase Barbe
May 8, 2015 — Hunt Scanlon Media, a Greenwich-based provider of global staffing intelligence data that helps companies with executive searches, has hired Charles “Tripp” Revson as director of sales and marketing. Mr. Revson will implement initiatives that include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon’s line of human capital studies, trade publications and e-media market intelligence platforms. In
Tripp Revson Joins Hunt Scanlon Media
April 28, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today announces that Charles “Tripp” Revson has joined the Greenwich-based company as Director, Sales & Marketing. In his new capacity, Mr. Revson will implement the company’s marketing initiatives which include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon’s line of human capital studies, trade publications and all e-media market
Chase Barbe Promoted At Hunt Scanlon Media
April 28, 2015 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today announces that Chase Barbe has been promoted at the Greenwich-based company to Director, Media & Digital Content. In his new capacity, Mr. Barbe will manage the company’s full contingent of media initiatives including Hunt Scanlon’s website where he will spearhead and drive all editorial and interactive
CTPartners Scores Lifeline but Deal Talks with DHR Idle
April 13, 2015 — Despite gaining enough financial means and time necessary to pursue a deal with DHR International Inc., CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (CTP) instead finds that talks with its rival in the two executive search space haven’t gone very far and that the loss of many of its highest-paying customers is starting to
Korn Ferry Fired Executive For Allegedly Soliciting Escorts
April 9, 2015 — A high-level legal battle between search firm Korn Ferry International and one of its former high-level executives has taken a sordid turn. In a court filing late Thursday, Korn Ferry said it fired Robert Damon, its former executive chairman for the Americas, for allegedly using his company email address repeatedly “to solicit and arrange for meetings
Maguire Prods Ctpartners To Launch Formal Auction
March 24, 2015 — As activist shareholder Maguire Asset Management adds to pressure on CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (CTP) to evaluate a sale, DHR International Inc. and other potential buyers remain concerned about the defection of senior members at the embattled C-suite search firm. The New York-based executive search company could be worth between $12
DHR Ramps Up Pressure on CTPartners
March 13, 2015 — A substantial roadblock has been lifted now that CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (CTP) CEO Brian Sullivan is no longer in the picture, but DHR International Inc. is still waiting for the executive search firm’s special committee to converse with it about its takeover offer. Chicago-based DHR has at the same time
Chicago Search Firm Seeks Rival’s Global Offices
February 6, 2015 — When CEO Geoffrey Hoffmann looks at CTPartners Executive Search, he sees Europe, Australia and robust practices in financial and professional services. This means looking past the CTPartners’ present reality: to wit, a stock price that plummeted 24 percent in December following news reports that the firm routinely discriminated against female employees
The Recruiter From Another Planet
January 8, 2015 – Not long ago I received an email from someone using a Gmail address, claiming to be a headhunter representing Fortune 500-level companies. The person asked about my interest in a position at an unnamed firm, and requested a résumé. I responded positively, but became suspicious when a follow-up asked for my
Why The Etiquette Of College Basketball Has Changed
November 4, 2014 — When Missouri men’s basketball coach Frank Haith left for Tulsa in April, he told his boss, Missouri athletic director Mike Alden, that he was leaving via text message. That text message, sent after Haith had made multiple efforts to call Alden the night before, would have sent shockwaves throughout the college athletics
On The Move: Chase Barbe
September 15, 2014 — Hunt Scanlon Media, LLC announced Chase Barbe has joined the Greenwich-based company as director of marketing and analytics. In his new capacity, Barbe will help plan and manage the company’s marketing initiatives, which include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon Media’s line of human capital studies and trade publications. He will also oversee the
Chase Barbe Joins Hunt Scanlon Media
September 8, 2014 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today announces that Chase Barbe has joined the Greenwich-based company as director of marketing and analytics. In his new capacity, Chase will work closely with managing director Christopher W. Hunt to help plan, manage and execute the company’s marketing initiatives which include campaigns to promote Hunt Scanlon’s line
How Executive Headhunters Are Scrambling For Relevance
August 13, 2014 — Late last year, Canada’s small community of executive recruiters, the big-game headhunters who poach and staff the nation’s C-suites, was rocked by news of a recruiting coup within its own ranks. Roughly half the staff at Odgers Berndtson Canada, one of this country’s biggest search firms, resigned (or were cut loose,
Greenwich Analyst Sees Hiring Climate Improving
May 30, 2014 — Christopher Hunt has a unique window into global hiring trends — and he’s feeling bullish. As president of Hunt Scanlon Media, a trade publisher and analyst for the executive search industry, Hunt keeps tabs on some 3,000 U.S. recruiting firms and another 3,500 that are located abroad. It’s a good time to be in the
Global ‘Big Five’ Recruiters Surpass $3 Billion In Revenues
May 1, 2014 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today released its annual rankings of global executive search firms. Overall, according to Hunt Scanlon, the recruiting industry’s ‘Big Five’ grew seven percent for the year, topping out at $3 billion in revenue. Included in this year’s rankings: Korn Ferry, Egon Zehnder, Spencer Stuart, Heidrick &
Recruiting Business Up Nine Percent
May 1, 2014 (Greenwich, Connecticut) — Hunt Scanlon Media today released its annual rankings of U.S. executive search firms. Overall, according to Hunt Scanlon, the recruiting industry grew nine percent for the year, topping out at $2.3 billion in revenue among the company’s ‘Top 40’ rankings list. “With few exceptions nearly every firm reported positive gains,” said
Heidrick Makes Outside Hire Its New CEO
February 3, 2014 — Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. chose former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner Tracy R. Wolstencroft as its first outside chief executive, concluding an unusually long search by the big executive-search company. Mr. Wolstencroft immediately vowed to keep talent from jumping ship at Heidrick, which has been beset by high turnover and sluggish growth. During the first nine months
Goldman Sachs Vet Named CEO Of Heidrick & Struggles
February 3, 2014 — Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. today named a Goldman Sachs & Co. veteran its new CEO. Tracy Wolstencroft, 55, also joined the board of Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles. Interim CEO Jory Marino will stay with the firm in a leadership position, according to a statement today. Mr. Wolstencroft spent
