Global demand for senior executives - Changeboard.com / 29th May 2012
Changeboard |29th May 2012
Last year we conducted research among 100 of the UK’s top headhunters, followed by a similar survey this year. Perhaps one of the most interesting UK results in 2011 was the number of headhunters who believed that the Davies Report – which recommended companies should more than double the number of women on their boards by 2015 – would fail. In 2012, the results were just as significant, with a staggering 8 out of 10 headhunters believing that the Davies Report would not succeed.
The figures suggested that 83% of those surveyed feared the recommendations would result in optimal candidates being turned down as a result of positive discrimination. I personally believe that the most important outcome of any recruitment process is that the best candidate gets the role. Any kind of discrimination, positive or not, is not in the interest of the employer...
China Dominates Demand for Senior Executives for 2nd year running
Recruitment International |16th April 2012
A report compiled by InterExec has revealed that China has topped the list of countries that top UK head-hunters predict will demand more senior executives in 2012, repeating the pattern from last year’s 2011 survey, where China was also top.
China Dominates Demand for Senior Executives for 2nd year running
A report compiled by InterExec has revealed that China has topped the list of countries that top UK head-hunters predict will demand more senior executives in 2012, repeating the pattern from last year’s 2011 survey, where China was also top.
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...
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..
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...