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Are worries about the U.S. economy spreading to party planners? … …A survey of 104 U.S. businesses found that 85 per cent will conduct a holiday celebration. That figure, however, was down 9 per cent from a year earlier, representing the third-lowest percentage of companies partying in the 19 years of the …
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Battalia Winston runs its annual survey: 85 percent of businesses will be conducting some type of holiday celebration this year, a nine percent decrease from 2006… In addition, while a majority (54%) of parties will be evening events and 70 percent of companies will be serving alcohol, these findings represent a 20 percent …
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In the category of ‘work is not a party’ we have the results from a survey from Battalia Winston, one of the biggest executive search firms in the U.S. Apparently U.S. companies have scheduled the fewest number of holiday parties this year that they have since 2001. In that year, we had the …
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A growing number of companies will be holiday party poopers this year. Eighty-five percent of businesses will hold a holiday celebration this year, down 9 percent from 2006, according to Battalia Winston’s annual survey. This represents the third-lowest percentage of companies conducting parties in the 19 years of the survey, the executive recruitment firm said.
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Fewer companies will be sponsoring a holiday party this year. According to the annual survey from Battalia Winston, 85 percent of businesses will be conducting some type of holiday celebration this year, down 9 percent from last year. Only 70 percent of those throwing a party plan to bring alcohol …
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As people become more disillusioned with corporate America, they look to nonprofit America for hope. But does it allow you to make a decent living? Most people don’t think so. But that’s not necessarily the case…
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There’s the salesperson who woke up naked in the conference room. And the aspiring manager who saw his plans go up in smoke when he mistook the boss’s wife for his daughter. Everyone seems to have a story about bad behavior at an office party. Even so, 94% of all companies gave an end-of-year …
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After offering positive suggestions in six areas earlier — about keeping résumés short, clear, and well designed, and letting them display problem-solving prowess, progression in finance, and candidate …
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Boston-based recruiter Walter Williams, a partner with Battalia Winston International, the New York executive search firm, has specialized in financial recruiting for half of his 20-year career in executive search. He has been with Battalia since 2002. He spoke recently with CFO senior writer …
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One might think that asking the opinion of a half-dozen executive recruiters on an issue might get you a dozen answers — or more. But in their day-in-day-out experience dealing …
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