In twenty four pages this paper examines London executive recruiting company Michael Page International in terms of expansionism, challenges, and cultural problems resulting from globalization. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliography.
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service where none existed before. Yes, the company may be considered to be an executive placement firm or a firm that does career counseling, but the company is more than
that. With Michael Page and a stranger in an employment agency waiting room, a new company was born. The men decided that the employment agency they went to was simply
not good enough. There was room for improvement, a niche to be filled, and the two men looking for work were going to revolutionize the industry they found themselves relying
on. It was time for them not to get new jobs but to strike out on their own. The good part of the story is that they did not strike
out. Instead, this pie in the sky idea was successful and what culminated into the company known as Michael Page International is today. They started their own business and turned
the concept of a new type of employment agency in a global enterprise that had become huge. Their only mistake was to perhaps be a little too optimistic, something that
created accusations of cover-ups as the company went public in 2000. Still, the firm is doing well and dependent upon the economy, will likely thrive during the twenty-first century. The
firm started as a partnership, but evolved. It went public in 2001, which was perhaps not the best time. Their intentions were good. They were on the right track and
in it for the long haul, but the timing was off. The end of the 1990s saw a drop in the economy and Michael Page International was not immune to
the downturn. In fact, its business was contingent on a good economy--people hiring, businesses expanding and executives looking for better jobs--and so the 2000s were not welcome. The company did