“Everyone shines, given the right lighting.” by Susan Cain

LMGTFY: Susan Horowitz Cain (born 1968), American writer, lecturer and author of the non-fiction book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking”, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverts.

Inspirational quote: “Everyone shines, given the right lighting” Susan Cain

“The future depends on what you do today.” by Mahatma Gandhi

LMGTFY: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), Indian activist. Leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. By employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence & inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Inspirational quote: “The future depends on what you do today” Mahatma Gandhi

“Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it.” by Tory Burch

LMGTFY: Tory Burch (born 1966), American fashion designer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Has won several fashion awards. Chairman, CEO, and Designer of Tory Burch LLC. In 2015, she was listed 73rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

Inspirational quote: “Buckle up, and know that it’s going to be a tremendous amount of work, but embrace it” Tory Burch

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” by Stephen R. Covey

LMGTFY: Stephen R. Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012), American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book is “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”.

Inspirational quote: “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions” Stephen R. Covey

“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” by Ayn Rand

LMGTFY: Ayn Rand (January 20, 1905 – March 6, 1982), Russian-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and philosopher. Known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system named Objectivism.

Inspirational quote: “The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me” Ayn Rand

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Wouldn’t it be nice if you always got the most attractive job offer? The most lucrative packages? Or got invited to the most interesting recruitment processes? Navigating the job market – within or outside your own organization – especially from a value-perspective can be indeed tricky. Good news: you can vastly influence how your value as a candidate is perceived on the market!

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“The best revenge is massive success.” by Frank Sinatra

LMGTFY: Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998), an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

Inspirational quote: “The best revenge is massive success” Frank Sinatra

“I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.” by Thuli Madonsela

LMGTFY: Thulisile Madonsela (born 28 September 1962), South African advocate and Professor of law. She served as the Public Protector of South Africa. In 1996, she helped draft the final constitution of South Africa promulgated by then President Nelson Mandela.

Inspirational quote: “I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said” Thuli Madonsela

Full Week 29 Market Signals report showing winners: Baltics, Malta and Losers: Southern Europe, Ukraine

Market Signals – where do they come from?

We started by monitoring the number of LinkedIn job ads in 18 European countries in Week 13 of 2020 (mid-March) – and extended our observations to ultimately 38 countries in Europe since Week 15. This allows us to measure a KPI that gives quite a good feel of the overall trend on the global job market.

Career Angels analyze the collected figures and complement the quantitative data with detailed and personal statements & insights of CEOs, HR Directors, investors, board members, candidates and headhunters that we know personally. We observe if and what kind of trends there are to leverage them into better candidate management & more effective job search methods.

These are not usual times, so we decided to share our market signals by the end of each week. If the country / context is important, we’ll add them. Otherwise, we’ll keep it general for confidentiality.

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CV-19 has accelerated many trends, including (or especially!) those related to HR and recruitment. Companies that want to hire valuable candidates – who don’t quit after three months – have to make sure they keep up with the newest trends. What’s even more important: they need to implement new strategies in the right way.

Trends introduced too fast and/or by the wrong department will backfire by e.g. generating additional costs, negative employer branding, losing valuable candidates, longer recruitment processes, low(er) candidate experience, etc.

To help companies avoid these mistakes, we put together a list of the most important trends and threats in an employee’s life cycle. Wherever possible, we tried to find relatively simple quick wins – everything backed by stats and real cases.

Here are the five phases of an employee’s life cycle:

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