Global Search Firm CTPartners Predicts Improved Executive Hiring in 2011 - Growth Follows Caution of the Past Couple of Years

LONDON, February 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the release of its 16th annual list of hot executive jobs, global search firm CTPartners has identified what it predicts will be the top UK growth sectors and executive roles in 2011 as businesses shift from caution to competition.

Explains Brian Sullivan, CEO, CTPartners, "Boards have come to grips with the fact that not creating new jobs carries a punishing price. Despite continuing economic uncertainty, companies tell us that they can no longer delay hiring if they expect to innovate and compete."

He continues: "Post-recession business models need new thinking, and companies all over the world are searching in record numbers for the right leaders to change the ways they do business. Reorganized, restructured and pared down for profits, companies need new answers for old problems."

Key executive job growth sectors and hot jobs identified by CTPartners are:

    
    - Boardroom - Non-Executive Chairman
    - Sales - Business Development Director
    - Finance - Global Banker (corporate/commercial)
    - Healthcare - CMO (Chief Medical Information Officer)
    - Social Media - VP/Director Social Media
    - IT - CTO (with SaaS experience)
    - Telecoms - Mobile Strategist

Notes to the Editor

About CTPartners

CTPartners is a leading performance-driven executive search firm serving clients across the globe. Committed to a philosophy of partnering with its clients, CTPartners offers a proven record in C-Suite, senior executive, and board searches, as well as expertise serving private equity and venture capital firms.

With origins dating back to 1980, CTPartners serves clients with a global organization of more than 300 professionals and employees, offering expertise in board advisory services and executive recruiting services in the financial services, life sciences, industrial, professional services, retail and consumer, and technology, media and telecom industries. Headquartered in New York, CTPartners has 22 offices in 14 countries.

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