The recruitment and executive search market took an expected big hit during 2009.The overall market being down caused client companies to change their hiring methods and requirements and job seeking candidates to alter their job search expectations, which effected the business and profitability of the broad spectrum of international and local recruitment and executive search companies operating on the Russian market. Staffwell sailed through those tough times by having long-term loyal clients, new clients with progressive growth plans, and the most highly skilled and hard working professional recruitment/executive search team on the Russian market.
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STAFFWELL MARKET REPORT 2009 - Q1 2010
Monday, May 17th, 2010Market Update - Fall 2009
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
The recent global crisis and following recession started to affect Russia in the fall of 2008 for most companies, with Russia’s largest companies feeling the pressure a few months earlier. Many of us, myself included, estimated that we had about a year of tough times ahead before things would start to pick up again, and then likely at a slow to moderate pace. Staffwell started to see a real change for the better starting in July 2009.
Expats in Russia earn more
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Comments of Head of Legal, FMCG & B2B departments Allan Sullivan for Russia Today Channel
The 2009 Expat Explorer survey, commissioned by HSBC International, shows that a third of the expats working in Russia earn more than $250,000 per year. That pushed the Russian expat experience into top place for earnings, with 30% of the expat respondents raking in more than a cool quarter million, ahead of Hong Kong (27%), Japan (26%), Switzerland (25%) and India (25%). The survey considered 4 key criteria – an income in excess of US $200,000, monthly disposable income in excess of $3000, an increase in saving while living/working abroad, and having at least 2 luxury items in the country they live in – and also concluded that 97% of expats in Russia were able to save more than they were in their country of origin, putting it into second position behind Qatar (98%).
Employing the Over 50
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Doing Nothing Is Not an Option, (2004) by Robert K. Critchley, is a book discussing the increasing labor shortages in the USA. I thought some of the points were quite interesting and worth sharing as Russia also will continue to have labor shortage issues in the future.
The book initially highlights that after 2010, there will be a shortage of workers, and a drop in the number of workers aged 25-34, while the current work force will continue to grow increasingly older (17% will be older than 50).
Market Update
Monday, March 16th, 2009I think we all expected, going into 2009, that things would be real tough in the first quarter, and they are. However, there is a decent level of business still going strong out there, and in sectors that may surprise you.
