Companies searching for talent create a boom for headhunters
Bruce Dahltorp, a 46-year-old financial consultant, was relaxing in his Geneva, Ill., home one Friday evening, when the executive recruiter phoned. Would Dahltorp consider a job as president of a Midwestern bank? the caller wanted to know. That unexpected opportunity was too good to refuse. Dahltorp could fulfill a long-standing desire to run a bank and also boost his six-figure pay by more than one-third. He soon took the job.
Dahltorp is among a growing number of managers being approached by executive-search firms. With the economy rebounding, companies are hunting hard for proven talent,...
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