Welcome

Welcome to the latest edition of the Digby Morgan newsletter. In this issue we have taken on board a lot of the very positive feedback we received from our earlier newsletter; there is also plenty to report on from the past quarter.

In this edition we take a critical look at the market for HR appointments at all levels and provide some commentary on salary and trends in the market. The good news is that we see human resources becoming even more valued both in terms of the remuneration for top HR specialists and in terms of the number of board appointments now held by HR specialists. The bad news is that as the recent Economic Intelligence Unit report and an April feature in the Financial Times demonstrate it seems that the human resource function is ubiquitously the most unloved part of the business. Does human resources need to sharpen up its PR act? We review this further and this will be an area that we are keen to continue to explore going forwards.

There is plenty of news to report on regarding Digby Morgan ourselves. Last year saw an increase in turnover to nearly £7m, and a 16% growth in profit; we also made significant investments in our people and infrastructure. Some details of the new talent who joined the Group recently are contained within the Newsletter.

The interim market continues to expand at an unprecedented rate and there seems no end to the appetite of both employers to appoint temporary specialists at all levels, and HR professionals seeking to work independently.

In this issue we also get a view from down under on current recruitment trends in the Southern Hemisphere.

As always, we welcome further feedback and comment and I do hope you will find our second edition of Human Resourcefulness interesting.

John Maxted