Revisiting the Cave...

I purposefully have held out from writing anything new with the intent in being able to see how 2010 has started. So far and in short, 2010 seems to be opening up well. Here's why:

• We moved into our new office building built specifically for our unique recruiting practice. It's offered a optimism among our team that hasn't been felt for some time and as such, productivity is up.
  
• We've been more focused as a recruiting firm. Less distractions that come from a variety of sources--recruiting or otherwise.
  
• We're collaborating more and working better amongst our team better.
• More jobs are being worked on. We haven't had this many jobs to work on since early 2008.
• More placements are being made. We're a contingency and retained search firm and our placement ratio is up which means we're working with good candidates and companies that know how to hire.
  
• Bottom line: revenue is up.
  

As the first quarter draws to a close I look back on my comments on the "Allegory of the Cave" that I made in December. I commented that being interactive was going to be the hall mark of 2010 and the future of business and that by doing this people and business would free themselves from the cave.

The first three months at our firm has been about doing the above--being connected with others, both candidates and companies, and by so doing we have been in touch with what is really going on in the recruiting world for our industry. And as time has moved along our vision has adjusted to what 2010 really is going to look like.

Although the vision might still be bit hazy we are optimistic and looking forward to working with similarly positive people. If you have an opinion on the state of 2010, please feel free to leave us your comments.

If not, please let us know what we can do to help you and your family do to make 2010 a brighter and more optimistic year.