Trouble in Search Consultant Land

May 4, 2009

Short honk: The Hindu Business Line published “Capgemini Hands Out Pink Slips to 600” here. The layoffs are in India. I have heard chatter that other consulting firms are taking steps to trim staff. Some call these layoffs “furloughs”; others prefer downsizing. When the blue chips feel the pain, the second and third tier outfits are not going to be immune. I have heard rumblings of downsizing at several search-related consulting firms. Let me know if you have any solid examples. I anticipate a surge in one-person “instant expert” shops. Keep me posted.

Stephen Arnold, May 4, 2009

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Business strategy, Financial, News, Search

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CMS Experts and Vendors May Be Floundering : Beyond Search on May 6th, 2009 9:39 am

[…] backs at some of the US based information consulting companies along with the reduction in force at Capgemini in India I wrote about here, this news was not surprising. It did indicate that technology advisors […]
umsoumm on May 7th, 2009 10:10 pm

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.