NEW YORK: Executive search and recruitment firms say their PR and communications business is down due to several factors, including a lack of hiring as a whole.
“2009 has been a total bust,” noted Sandy Charet, president of Charet & Associates. “[In] 2008, I was headed for my best year ever, [but] in the last quarter, [work] dropped, easily 50%, maybe more than that.”
At Korn/Ferry International, PR and communications make up only 3% of the international company's ...