By Christopher E.D. Graham FCIPD -CGC For much of the last two decades, private equity operated in unusually favourable conditions. Low interest rates, abundant liquidity and rising valuation multiples meant strong returns could be generated as much through financial engineering as through operational improvement. A firm didn't need to transform a business to make money on it; it simply needed to buy well and sell into a rising market. That environment no longer exists. Highe

By Christopher ED Graham FCIPD, ACTP “Technology can help us recruit faster. It cannot make us recruit fairly. That responsibility still belongs to us.” (A note on scope: this article concerns itself with recruitment in the United Kingdom. It draws on current UK employment legislation, recent guidance from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, material published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, and a quarter of a century spent working across executive

By Christopher ED Graham FCIPD, ACTP - CGC How AI Is Changing the Recruiter's Role If you've spent any time reading recruitment, HR, or consulting publications recently, you'll have noticed that artificial intelligence is apparently transforming recruitment. According to reports from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), LinkedIn, SHRM and countless technology vendors, AI is freeing recruiters from administrative tasks, helping them become strategic advisors, improving hiring decisi

By Christopher Graham CGC Founder Across advanced economies, two structural developments are unfolding simultaneously. Birth rates have fallen to historic lows.Artificial intelligence is being deployed at accelerating speed across knowledge-intensive sectors. Individually, either development would warrant serious attention. Together, they are reshaping labour markets, corporate structures, housing demand, entrepreneurship, executive employment and, ultimately, the stability

Identifying Inefficiencies: The First Step to AI Integration In the realm of executive search, the adoption of Artificial Intelligence...