Recruitment news
Financial Times | 10th June 2010
Executive modesty? Senior executives are no better at preparing a CV than anyone else. A report by executive agent InterExec says top managers are poor at selling their achievements and instead focus on duties. InterExec managing director Kit Scott-Brown says: “It is incredibly important that a CV outlines the key skills and achievements.” The next most common mistakes are making CVs too long, adding irrelevant information, and using jargon. See the chart, right, for the full list of clangers. The survey asked 100 UK headhunters to list the most common mistakes in executive CVs..
Careers advice: How to find the job you really want in 2012
The Telegraph | 4th January 2012
It can be tempting in the first few weeks back after Christmas to jump at the first new job opportunity that comes along. You feel ready for a change of direction and somewhere between making New Year’s resolutions and returning to work after the festive break you’ve decided you want a new job.
Almost seven in 10 employees have set work-related resolutions for 2012, with a fifth hoping to change careers, according to a poll of 2,000 staff by training provider Lifetime. More than half of the workers surveyed said they would spend January dreaming of turning their weekend hobbies – such as fitness, photography and cooking – into a new career.
But those itching to leave their jobs must plan their next move properly or they face starting a new role that will lead them back to square one...
Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe 'best for expat pay and packages'
The Telegraph | 18th January 2012
With increased competition in Asia leading to fewer perks for arriving expats, headhunters are looking to other regions to pull together attractive financial packages, particularly in the banking sector
Potential expats in the financial sector are finding fewer attractive pay deals in Asia, as firms feel the pinch of the global recession. But looking further afield, school fees, flights home and car allowances are still up for grabs for the right candidate in certain regions.
Kit Scott-Brown is the founding director of InterExec, which acts as an agent for senior executives. He says that there is increased competition for roles in Asia due to firms in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong actually laying off more than recruiting...
How to keep moving on up.
City AM | 12th January 2012
CONTRARY to popular belief, there is very little wrong with the senior executive recruitment market at the moment. By senior executive, I mean salaries over the £150,000 mark. The dark shadows cast by the current economic climate are mainly affecting employees on the lower rungs of the career ladder – the higher end of the market is positively booming in comparison.
Certainly, the market is nowhere near where it was at the start of 2008, however, it is much better than 2010. The upturn started in November 2010 and since then the number of unadvertised vacancies (headhunted vacancies notified to us) has increased every month with roughly a 25 per cent increase overall.
The financial services sector is also fairly robust in the top end of the market as the need for experienced executives has not abated, and in certain areas has increased dramatically as those with skills relevant to both a bull and bear market are in short supply...