Executive Hiring Reemerging According to the Recent Claymore Partners Survey

Executive hiring appears to be reemerging at many organizations after being
frozen for the last year due to the financial credit crisis based upon the
results of the recent Claymore Partners` Labor Day2009 Executive Talent Market
survey with over 640 executive respondents. "Almost half of employers are now
selectively hiring executives and significant reductions are greatly diminished
based upon the survey results as well as our own executive search activity and
market discussions," according to Mr. Landberg, Managing Director of Claymore
Partners.

Health insurance, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, wealth management, investment
banking, and consulting/professional services industries appear to be most
robust in terms of executive hiring at this time. From a functional perspective,
executive hiring increases are most pronounced in sales, consulting, and risk
management/compliance. The direct impact of the financial credit crisis for most
executives appears to be waning though strong hiring is not expected until mid
to year end 2010 by most executives.

Claymore Partners is an executive search and consulting firm specializing in
senior level searches in the financial services, insurance, and consulting
arenas. A full copy of the results from the Claymore Partners` Labor Day 2009
Executive Talent Market Survey can be obtained by emailing
slandberg@ClaymorePartners.com.