By Christopher ED Graham FCIPD, ACTP If Everyone Has LinkedIn, Why Do Companies Still Pay Search Fees? LinkedIn has made executives easier to find, and AI is making them easier still. Almost anyone can now identify the CFO of a competitor, map the leadership team of a bank in Singapore, find technology executives in New York or build a list of potential CEOs in London. Information that once required considerable research is increasingly available to anyone with the right tool

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 - CGC During more than twenty-five years working in Contingency recruitment, retained Executive search, Recruitment Process Outsourcing and in-house Talent Acquisition, there is one question I have probably been asked more than any other. "What is the difference between your company and all the other recruitment firms?" It is a perfectly fair question, and one I still rather enjoy answering, mainly because the honest answer takes longer th