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April 24, 2000

Hunt-Scanlon Posts Recruiting Industry Rankings Online

Stamford, CT, April 24, 2000 – The official annual rankings of the executive search industry were posted online today by the recruiting industry tracking firm Hunt-Scanlon Advisors (www.hunt-scanlon.com). "It was a year of outstanding growth," said Hunt-Scanlon chief market strategist Brian P. Lee, "marked by two milestones: combined revenues for the 10 largest U.S. search firms exceeded $1 billion for the first time, and Heidrick & Struggles replaced Korn/Ferry International as the No. 1 search firm in the U.S. and worldwide."

This year’s industry rankings were compiled from a combination of public and private resources and represent the most comprehensive statistics available on the executive search industry. At hunt-scanlon.com, viewers can access an easy-to-use archive library that covers industry rankings over the past four years for the following Hunt-Scanlon benchmark listings:

  • Top 10 U.S. Search Firms
  • Top 10 U.S. Search Firms By Consultant Revenue
  • Top 25 U.S. Search Firms
  • Big 6 Global Search Firms
  • Top 20 Global Firms

Click here to access the search industry statistics.

Hunt-Scanlon Corporation (www.hunt-scanlon.com) provides a range of information products and services relating to executive search, staffing, online recruiting, human resources and corporate diversity. These include the monthly newsletters, Executive Search Review, Online Recruiting Strategist and Diversity Monitor, as well as directories of executive recruiters and Select Guides to executives in six functional staff areas (top management, human resources, finance, information technology, sales and marketing). Through a separate operating unit, Hunt-Scanlon Advisors, the firm provides comprehensive market intelligence studies, market trend surveys and forecast indicator reports to executive recruiting firms and major corporations worldwide. Hunt-Scanlon also operates five leading websites for corporate executives, including executiveselect.com, recruiterlink.com, boardsearch.com, diversityonline.com and leadersonthemove.com. A second operating unit, the Institute for Corporate Diversity, is the leading diversity database and research publisher in the U.S. Hunt-Scanlon is celebrating its eleventh anniversary this year.

Contact Information:
Brian P. Lee - Chief Market Strategist
Hunt-Scanlon Advisors
20 Signal Road
Stamford, CT 06902
Telephone: (203) 352-2920; Fax (203) 352-2930

E-mail: brian@hunt-scanlon.com