All Change Again Loads going on in the wild, wild world of recruitment, as we seem to be entering another period of consolidation and change. There's been a game of "pass the MD parcel" going on for six months with the MD of JWT going to McCann's, the MD of McCann's going to Barkers and the MD of Barkers going to JWT. And the game's not over yet with the new MD of McCann's (the one from JWT) leaving his new job after four months. Then my friend's agency, jklm, merged with HR gardens, quickly followed by the sale of Park to Work by SHL for £4.6 million. As the key players at Work used to work at Park before selling it to SHL in the first place, it's all very confusing! At the same time another agency whose website pronounces that as "strategic partners with our clients we provide board level counsel and address management issues" announced a $multi-multi quarterly loss which suggested a little less external counseling and a little more internal housekeeping might be in order. All of which pretty much trumped the low profile launch of Giraffe! And, given our new situation, we can't even indulge ourselves in a hearty bout of "na, na, na, na, na" at all the turmoil, which is something we always enjoy. Rats! For more detail about the above and loads of other regular industry news and features, we highly recommend a free subscription to www.ri5.co.uk, which is an invaluable source for anyone interested in recruitment advertising "Psst - you didn't mention that because Giraffe are about to launch an extensive marketing campaign on Ri5 did you?" - Mistrustful Mooners. "Don't be absurd! Helloooo, what do you think?" - Enraged Editor.

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