| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 17, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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The Big Crunch With change afoot, high-end headhunting now faces a host of challenges: -- After years of explosive growth, revenue increases are slowing -- Net-based job-hunting sites bring new competitors and pricing pressure -- Clients are demanding more services-in less time -- Because search firms can't poach from their own clients, smaller upstarts are snatching business away from their biggest rivals -- Recent IPOs of headhunting firms have been disappointing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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Headhunting 2000 TABLE: Job-Search Stats TABLE: The Big Crunch TABLE: New Web Tricks for Recruiters TABLE: Click and Seek: Online Job Sites INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
