Michael
Page Company Information
About
The Michael Page Company
Michael
Page - A global organization
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment
agencies, specialising in the placement of candidates in permanent,
contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the
world. The Group has operations in the Americas, the UK, Continental
Europe and Asia-Pacific and focuses on the areas of Accounting and
Finance, Banking and Financial Markets, Marketing, Retail, Sales,
Legal, Technology, Human Resources, Engineering, Taxation, Corporate
Treasury and Consultancy.
As at December 31st, 2003 the Group operated through 105 offices
in 16 countries and employed 2,260 employees worldwide.
An established brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key
markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned
itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for
future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page
has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France
and Australia. Consequently the Michael Page brand is among the
most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A
market leader
The role of a recruitment firm is to act as an intermediary, identifying
and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients.
Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions
(typically for a fixed term) or on an interim basis. The value of
the global recruitment market is currently estimated at over $150
billion of turnover annually and is estimated to have a compound
rate of growth in excess of 14% annually over the last ten years.
Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional
recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed
more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the
development of this market around the world.
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