Given the heightened activities in our markets over the past months, the interims team is looking forward to a strong 2010 reports Beate Vogt from Digby Morgan’s interims team.

Media reports suggest that Britain is finally coming out of a long and deep recession - but there is no room for complacency. Any upturn in the market is likely to be a slow and gradual one, with a risk of serious ‘wobbles’ along the way. Nevertheless, over the last quarter we have seen many organisations coming back into the interim recruitment market, especially retail and investment banks, insurance and professional services organisations.

Some are filling management gaps that have opened up again after a long period of cuts and non-replacement of personnel. Others are going through large restructuring projects making HR functions more efficient and effective by bringing them closer to the business. Through this process many roles are changing and the experienced interim will be able to lead organisations through the change, developing new skills and more flexibility within the organisation. At Digby Morgan we understand the change process and have been tailoring our search processes to help clients find the most effective candidate in line with their specific situation.

The Public Sector remains buoyant with local and central Government, quangos and regulators still interested in highly commercial interim managers to assist them in reshaping their organisations to become more effective and customer centric. We expect that we will still be expanding in this sector throughout this year despite the impending change expected after the general election.

The rates in the interim market follow the general sentiment of the upturn. After nearly two years of suppressed rate structures we’re now seeing stability and even some growth in rates. Demand is especially strong for HR project managers assisting with transformations and therefore saving organisations money in their cost centres.

In the interims team at Digby Morgan we have some news on the personnel front. Helen Casson is now on maternity leave and Beate Vogt has joined the senior interims team as Managing Consultant with a focus on clients in the Pharmaceutical, Energy and Education sectors. Beate has worked for over two years in the commerce team with a very similar sector focus. And, prior to joining Digby Morgan, Beate was involved in recruiting senior interims for over five years. As you will read elsewhere in this issue, we are also delighted to welcome Danielle Huber to the interims team fresh from Australia and Dubai.


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