If you're planning to pound the pavement in search of another job, your timing couldn't be better, according to a recent survey by Management Recruiters International. Of the
executives with responsibility for hiring in the healthcare industry, 45.8% said they plan to increase their staffs in the second half of 2000, up from 39.5% in the first half of
2000. The survey also found that 32.2% plan to maintain current staff levels and 22% plan decreases.
For communicators, opportunities are relatively strong across the board, but are especially attractive in the areas of merger communications, marcom, market research and
sales, says Joseph Mullings, president of The Mullings Group, a Califonia healthcare search firm.
(MRI, http://BrilliantPeople.com; The Mullings Group, 203/847-2220, http://mullingsgroup.com)