Friday 12th Oct, 2012
This is the third in our series of blogs looking at the prospects for different segments within the consulting industry. One of the striking things about HR consulting firms from a client’s point of view is that there aren’t many of them. With the services of the big firms increasingly seen to be commoditised and the genuine specialists hard to find, this €1.1 billion segment of the consulting industry isn’t growing.
Monday 19th Mar, 2012
Around a quarter of the 400+ clients we questioned recently were HR directors; most were significant buyers of consulting services. The striking thing about talking to so many of them is how rarely they voluntarily talk about the big HR consulting firms, even though many use their services. This paradox appears to stem from the fact that they think of these firms primarily in terms of administration rather than “consulting”. “We don’t use any of the big HR firms except on payroll and remuneration issues,” was one, typical comment.
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