There are some books that are worth reading, because they enable executives to manage their careers consciously. Additionally, some of them provide a unique insight to the world of headhunters.

One of the books we recommend is “Monster Careers: How to Land the Job of your life” by Jeff Taylor and Doug Hardy. Read more →

A person, who is looking for a job, has one main goal: to find one. It would seem that they will do their best and will put the maximum amount of effort in the seeking process to achieve that goal.

However, paradoxically, it is precisely the essence and the importance of the goal that result in
sometimes preferring not to take any action, and – on the contrary – sometimes taking actions that do not bring us closer to our goal, but make it even more difficult to achieve it. This strategy, called Read more →

How much time should you reserve? In our experience, it should take you no longer than 2-3 weeks to get all documents & your online profiles ready. Everything after that is a matter of being systematic. An excellent tool to track all your activities is a simple Excel spreadsheet. You should ideally reserve 80-100 hours over a period of 3 months and additionally an average of 20 hours per month for the remaining time until you find an offer that you are satisfied with.

The following activities should be included – we have discussed all of them in detail throughout our book: Read more →

Questions you might want to ask yourself & answer (!) prior to embarking on the job hunting process:
What do I want to do next?
Why do I want to change? Is the underlying drive a feeling of frustration or motivation?
Where do I want to work? What companies?
How does the next step fit into my overall career plan? Read more →