Antal International is named as the 'International Recruitment Company'

In a glittering awards ceremony held in London’s Canary Wharf complex global multi-specialist management and professional recruitment firm Antal International was named as “International Recruitment Company of the Year” at the Recruitment International Awards 2010.

Founded in 1993, Antal International is a multi-discipline specialist executive recruiter with a global network of over 70 offices in 30 countries spanning from Asia throughout continental Europe, Middle East and Africa. The company beat off competition from companies such as Hays, Michael Page and Randstad to win the award at what is regarded as the ‘Oscars’ of the recruitment industry.

According to David Head, president of the judging panel, “In our opinion they are quite simply  the best pioneers of new territories and a truly international business.”

In addition to winning the International award, Antal was also nominated in the Most Admired Recruitment Company category and its CEO and Founder Tony Goodwin was among the CEO’s short-listed for the RI Entrepreneur of the Year, which follows on from the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur (London Regional) of the Year award that Goodwin won two months ago.

Recruitment International who staged the awards publishes the industry’s leading monthly magazine dedicated to the international recruitment and staffing market, along with regular specialist research reports, industry networking events, including the annual World Leaders in Recruitment Conference and provides consultancy in mergers and acquisitions.

Speaking as he collected the award Antal’s Group Managing Director, Graeme Read thanked the judging panel and Recruitment International’s Editor David Head and paid tribute to the work done by the Antal team across the globe saying “This award is for all those in the Antal team globally who every day go above and beyond for their clients and candidates, this is for you and because of you.”

The award comes towards the end of another successful year for Antal International that has seen the brand reach new heights and witnessed impressive growth in all its geographic locations including the opening of additional offices during 2010 in Singapore, Germany, India and the United Kingdom.

Commenting on the recognition author of best-selling business book “How They Blew It” and Founder & CEO of the Antal International Group, Tony Goodwin said. “This award is great recognition of the dedication and professionalism of our entire organisation worldwide and testament to the brand, business model and especially our people who our clients are privileged to have working on their behalf. We’ve managed to build a global team that provides the same exceptionally high level of service wherever a client needs to source talent, from London to Beijing, from Warsaw to Johannesburg and we’ve pioneered truly international sourcing techniques that track and locate exactly the right individual for a role whether they are based around the corner or on the other side of the world .Antal is in all the most exciting markets internationally, with the best teams you could wish for and with them, the rising markets and increased recruitment activity we are seeing 2011 looks like being a fantastic year. ”

Antal International’s latest quarterly hiring survey, the Antal Global Snapshot endorses Goodwin’s enthusiasm for the year ahead showing an upturn in hiring expectations amongst most of the 52 countries surveyed.

(Posted in the Antal International News November 2010)

Antal Global Snapshot Ed. 7 

Global employment survey finds a cautious recovery and with improving markets around the world with a clear shift to developing markets and BRIC nations.

In this latest edition of the Antal Global Snapshot hiring at the professional and managerial level around the world has risen once again, with 57% of organisations in the process of hiring in comparison to 54% in Summer 2010. At the same time the proportion of employers shedding staff has remained fairly stable, only rising one percentage point since June.

Read the full Global Snapshot here.

(Posted in the Antal International News November 2010)

Antal Global Snapshot Ed. 6 

The best survey yet with more analysis and more on the Outlook section for some very interesting global level trends, all packaged in a new look.

Antal Global Snapshot, a regular global survey of hiring and firing trends asked 9672 companies in 55 countries, major markets such as western and eastern Europe, Africa, India, China and the USA whether they were currently hiring at professional and managerial level. It then asked whether they planned to do so in the coming quarter and whether they were currently letting staff go or were planning to do so in the next three months.

Read the full Global Snapshot here.

(Posted in the Antal International News June 9, 2010)

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Antal Global Snapshot Ed. 5

A quarterly global survey of hiring and firing trends covering more than 6000 organizations in 30 countries has found job prospects for professionals and managers continuing to improve.

The ‘Global Snapshot’ from the international recruitment firm, Antal, asked 6151 companies in major markets such as western and eastern Europe, Africa, India, China and the USA whether they were currently hiring at professional and managerial level. It then asked whether they planned to do so in the coming quarter and whether they were currently letting staff go or were planning to do so in the next three months. Current hiring across the globe was up from 50% of respondents in the autumn to 53% now. And the percentage of organizations intending to hire in the coming quarter was up from 48% to 55%. On the downside the percentage of organizations intending to shed staff had also risen slightly from 25% in the autumn to 28% now. However the general consensus was that the figure would drop to 22% over the coming quarter.

Western Europe
The highest current hiring levels amongst the larger economies were in the UK (59%), France (55%), and Germany (51%). However many of the smaller countries bettered their larger neighbours, namely Switzerland (64%), Austria (58%) and Luxembourg (58%).The lowest levels of hiring were in Malta at 31% and Spain at just 30%.

Eastern Europe and Eurasia
The highest recruiting levels in this region were in Russia (71%), the Czech Republic (57%), Romania (55%) and Poland (48%). Hungary’s well-documented economic problems meant that it had the lowest level of hiring in the region with only 28% of businesses questioned actively seeking new managers or professionals although this was an improvement on the autumn figure of just 26%.

Africa and the Middle East
After a rebound to 61% in September from April’s low of 51%, hiring levels in Egypt continue to rise, albeit at a more modest rate to 65%. Despite the well-publicised economic pains of Dubai, the region as a whole seems to be holding up well with hiring levels rising from 46% in September to 51% now. Confidence in the future is also gathering strength with 62% of businesses expecting to hire in the coming quarter in comparison to only 49% in September. In South Africa hiring rates have climbed from the autumn’s 45% to 49% now, whilst Nigeria registers the highest level of recruitment across the 30 countries – 79%.

Asia
Hiring levels have dipped slightly in China from a high of 74% recorded in September, but employers appear to be confident about recruitment plans for the coming quarter with 74% of businesses planning to increase headcount. The percentage of organizations shedding staff at professional and managerial level has dropped markedly from 34% to 25% and looks set to drop again over the next three months. In India after a depressing start to 2009 when hiring levels at professional and managerial level had sunk as low as 29% the country is now back up a figure of 71%. The percentage or organizations shedding staff has also dropped from 22% in September to just 16% now.

The Americas
With the economic picture in the USA remains mixed the latest Snapshot suggests that the professional and managerial jobs market has remained static since September. However the percentage of organizations shedding staff has declined from 34% to 29% with employers expecting a further drop over the next three months. Hiring levels in Brazil have dropped slightly from the 56% registered in September to 50%, but employers seem optimistic about growth in the executive jobs market over the coming quarter. At the same time the percentage of organizations shedding staff has dropped markedly, from 28% to just 16% now.

Winners and Losers
Across the globe the sectors with the highest levels of recruitment at professional and managerial level were: 1) Pharmaceuticals; 2) Manufacturing; 3) Engineering; 4) IT software; and, 5) Banking.
The lowest were education and shipbuilding.

Conclusions
“Although a few countries are still seeing a decline in the employment market, the global picture has definitely improved once again,” says Antal’s CEO, Tony Goodwin. “As we said in September, we are most certainly not ‘out of the woods’ as yet and there may be more unpleasant economic surprises to come but it does seem as if organizations of all sizes are approaching 2010 with more confidence than would have seemed possible in the very dark days of January 2009. As a result we are already seeing the first clear signs of organizations thinking in terms of the ‘war for talent’ once more with more robust businesses making early moves to snap up the best people in their markets before general recovery becomes too apparent.”

To read the full Global Snapshot click here.

(Posted in the Antal International News January 29, 2010)

Antal founder wins through to finals of Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ competition

Tony Goodwin, founder and chairman of Antal International, has won through to the finals of this year’s prestigious Ernst & Young’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ competition.

Now in their tenth year the awards aim to celebrate people who build and lead successful, growing and dynamic businesses around the world.

Richard Hall, partner and UK Entrepreneur Of The Year leader at Ernst & Young, said: “Entrepreneur Of The Year recognises and rewards the people behind many of the world’s most innovative businesses. More than ever, this year’s finalists have shown their ability to adapt to market conditions, to forge ahead by seizing opportunities and taking market share in the toughest of times. They have maintained their vision for growth and pursued it, increased their focus on customer satisfaction and loyalty, expanded into new segments and geographical markets and engaged their employees using greater communication and transparency. Such trailblazers will drive the recovery and provide confidence throughout the world’s markets. Governments around the world need to promote an open economy to stimulate innovation. Today’s entrepreneurs depend on global capital, production, talent, and customers. If we put up borders, we go backwards.”

(Posted in the Antal International News April 26, 2010)