| What will 2012 have in store for consulting candidates? |
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| | For those trying to
secure a new consulting
job, 2011 has been a
rollercoaster ride. As
our annual report
predicted early in the
year, there was a
significant rebound in
hiring after two and a
half years in which the
consultancy recruitment
market had been in the
doldrums.
Historically that
report ‒ based on an
anonymous annual survey
of candidatesand a
separate survey of
consulting recruiters’
hiring intentions ‒ has
been a very accurate
predictor of activity in
the following year. In
2011, however, the market | |
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| | has faced the setback of
the Eurozone crisis and
its knock-on effects on
consulting client demand.
So while most of the year
saw a significant uplift
in activity over 2010,
the last few weeks have
seen a marked slowdown.
The question on
everyone’s lips is how
much things will improve
in 2012? A report to be
published by
Top-Consultant.com early
in the New Year will aim
to answer this question –
and provide both
recruiters and candidates
with the definitive view
on what we can expect
from the consulting
hiring market in 2012.
Candidates are being | |
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| | don’t currently receive
Top-Consultant’s
recruiter updates, please
email
graeme@top-consultant.com
to be added to our
recruiter updates list).
Top-Consultant
director Tony Restell
commented: “Certainly our
view on 2011 is that
consulting firms have
been engaged in what
could be described as
‘just in time’
recruiting. Most hiring
has been for specific
positions related to
specific project wins ‒
and so any changes in a
firm’s confidence about
winning projects has
immediately fed through
into hiring activity | |
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| | levels. Hence when market
confidence has taken a
knock ‒ as it has done
just recently ‒ the
impact on hiring activity
has been both significant
and sudden. Equally
though, when confidence
returns we expect hiring
activity to be reinstated
very quickly and so
volatility may be the
defining word for 2012 as
hiring activity mirrors
market headlines.”
With the candidate and
recruiter surveys now
underway, Top-Consultant
expects to publish a
revised set of
projections for the
consulting market early
this year. | |
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| | invited to participate in
the (anonymous) candidate
survey and thereby
receive a preview copy of
the full report (see the
link above). Recruiter
contacts, meanwhile, will
be invited to participate
in the recruiter survey
early in January (** If
you are a recruiter and | |
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