Europe’s Big Headhunters Join Forces

Posted August 19th, 2009.

Europe’s biggest headhunters are now competing for the few candidates that have been created by the financial crisis. Due to the bailouts, the U.K. government has risen in importance for London’s headhunters, who are struggling to outlast hiring freezes across the banking sector. Several search firms have merged over the past few months as they look for safety in size, with Korn/Ferry International acquiring Whitehead Mann in June, and Hanover Search agreeing a deal for Napier Scott later that month. Since then, two more London headhunters, GRS Group and Kinsey Allen Consulting, have joined forces.