Adam Kaye - UK Managing Director
So are the economies of the world starting to strengthen?
Many analysts, financial institutes and economist have been predicting a worldwide ‘out of recession’ date as 2nd quarter of 2010, but is this just guess work and are we seeing signs of this happening as we speak?
In recent weeks we have seen Germany and France exit recession, China’s already great GDP numbers strengthen, Russia has called the recession over, UK and US declines have slowed and the economies even showed a slight gain, even Spain can now see the end of the tunnel. Poland’s economy grew last month as figures start to raise once again.
So, has the wind changed direction?
While it might not be blowing full steam ahead there seems to be a subtle change.
A lot of organisations, not necessarily large corporates, but SME’s are starting to hire more aggressively. And why not? For any organisation, quarter 4 of 2009 is a great time to look at your staff in the main disciplines of HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Engineering etc and see where improvements, replacements and even additions can be made, whilst you are in a very strong position with a huge choice of candidates/professionals available to you. In most cases these individuals will not just turn up at your office one day, you have to go and find them.
Many of my clients are taking advantage of the current climate and this small upturn by strengthening their teams, making adjustments, replacing under achievers, so they are in the strongest position they can be for when the upturn takes an almighty raise up the charts. They want to be a step ahead of their competitors, the blue chips and the big corporate players,
By doing this, they will. As we all know we will come out of recession and we will see green, fresh grass once more. But how ready will you be to attack the markets and become a stronger player. There is only one fundamental commodity that can make this happen – People!
The best hand you can play right now is ensuring you have the right people in your team.
Antal international is a global recruitment company specialising in mid to senior level professionals from 2-3 years + experience across many sectors/industry’s. We will cover Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Engineering, Management, administration, finance and accounting disciplines across 28 countries worldwide. We have over 700 local consultants who can assist you in finding the best talent in the local market.
Please do contact me on +44 (0) 207 467 2520 or on AKaye@antal.com to discuss the regions we cover and where we can add value to your business. If you would like to speak to a local representative in any region across EMEA, ASIA, USA and Africa, I would be happy to put you in contact with them directly.
Kind Regards
Adam Kaye
UK Managing Director
Antal International
Tel: +44 (0)207 467 2520
Fax: +44 (0)207 467 2521
Email: AKaye@antal.com
Web: www.antal.com
64 Baker St, London W1U 7GB, UK
