2005 is shaping up to be a year of steady growth in the executive job market. According to the Executive Job Market Intelligence 2005 Report issued by ExecuNet, a number of trends in the executive job market support this outlook.
- 57 percent of executives surveyed are in transition, down from 61 percent in 2004 and 74 percent in 2003.
- the ranks of those "employed and actively in a job search" swelled to 28 percent, up from 22 percent in 2004 and just 14 percent in 2003.
- Search firm respondents report job search assignments during 2004 rose 12 percent compared to 2003, a year in which search assignments fell by 4 percent.
- Corporate recruiters, meanwhile, feel confident reporting the expectation that hiring within their companies will grow 11 percent in 2005.
Source: http://www.execunet.com/r_trends_survey.cfm
