“If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.” by Grace Hopper

LMGTFY: Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (1906 – 1992), American computer scientist and US Navy admiral. She was a pioneer of computer programming. Popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages, which led to the development of COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.

Inspirational quote: “If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission” Grace Hopper

Career Consultant Diary: I don’t use any private email address

Being a Career Consultant for Executives is often misunderstood or romanticized or both. Sandra Bichl, founder of Career Angels and experienced international Career Consultant, decided to bring more transparency to her/our profession by sharing random days of her work in the form of a “diary” – the delay (sometimes of a year) ensures confidentiality. Below a client example who discontinued their private contact details as they became fully enwrapped in their corporate life. Spoiler: don’t do it!
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Where will you meet us?

Do you want to follow the know-how of Career Angels? Learn about the latest trends? Data? Methodology? Read this blog post to get access to one of our many lectures, webinars, podcasts, webcasts, training sessions and alike!

This week:

Date: April 28, 2021 / 17:00 – 18:15 CET
For: Warsaw University of Technology Business School
Topic: How to hack bots / ATS when applying for managerial ads?
Speaker: Anna Zadrożna 
Format: online
Language: Polish
About & details: Join the next online meeting of the Talent Tree series.
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Career Angels was asked by Exparang, a Swedish HR-Tech company, that bets on data-driven Executive Search, to take a closer look at the Scandinavian job market and prepare an exclusive and dedicated “Market Signals” report. To understand how “job search-friendly” (aka competitive) a job market is, we analyze the changes in the number of LinkedIn job ads for 80 countries each week – this time we prepared a summary on the Nordics – Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden.

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HR trends – potential threats

In the last 3 years, Career Angels delivered 187 trainings for 6735 people working in companies across various industries. We constantly monitor the job market and talk with experienced HR professionals and C-level executives to stay up to date with the newest trends.

And we know that new trends can be: exciting, modern, revolutionary, evolutionary… but are they always as positive and harmless as they seem? What are the potential threats?

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“Run to the fire, don’t hide from it.” by Meg Whitman

LMGTFY: Margaret Cushing Whitman (born 1956), American business executive, activist, and philanthropist. Served as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Senior member of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012. Ran for governor of California in 2010.

Inspirational quote: “Run to the fire, don’t hide from it” Meg Whitman

Free session for experienced managers & executives in Europe who are currently looking for a job (or getting ready for it): “May the bots be with you!”.

AI is expected to replace 16% of recruitment sector jobs before 2029. These and other numbers show that technology wants to play the first fiddle on today’s job market.

A senior candidate who wants to be successful in their job search has to embrace technology and all that comes with it. But it’s easy to get lost, especially for those who haven’t looked for a job in a while.

During this interactive meeting, we’ll explain how to identify, understand and correctly maneuver elements of technology in every stage of the job search process, incl.:
– (chat)bots on the job market
– Applicant Tracking System
– LinkedIn algorithm
– pre-hire psychometric testing
– AI interviews
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Where will you meet us?

Are you actively looking for a job? Or are you going to and don’t know how to start? Read this blog post to know how to access our many lectures, webinars and training sessions about career management and job search.

This week:

Date: April 20, 2021 / 20:00 CET
For: Working Moms
Topic: Bewerben in Zeiten von Corona: Besonders schwierig oder eine Karrierechance?
Speaker: Sandra Bichl
Format: online, reserved for group members, maybe it’s a good moment to become part of Working Moms in Germany?
Language: German
About & details: Bewerben in Zeiten von Corona: Besonders schwierig oder eine Karrierechance?
Unternehmen rekrutieren seit Anfang der Pandemie zwischen 50% und 70% weniger über LinkedIn. Die Arbeitslosenrate steigt weiter an. Die Aussichten sind entsprechend trübe…
Wie bewerbe ich mich als Executive unter solchen Bedingungen? Was funktioniert – und was nicht? Ist eine Bewerbung in diesen Zeiten besonders schwierig oder kann ich das jetzige Marktumfeld auch als Karrierechance nutzen?
Sandra Bichl freut sich darauf, all diese Fragen und noch viele mehr mit Euch am 20. April um 20 Uhr zu besprechen. Als ehemalige Executive Search Consultant unterstützt Sandra seit über 10 Jahren erfahrene Manager und Führungskräfte in ganz Europa in ihrem Karrieremanagement und in der Jobsuche. Sie ist regelmäßig Gastrednerin bei renommierten Business Schools und Konferenzen.
Here the registration link.
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“Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.” by Denzel Washington

LMGTFY: Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born 1954), American actor, director, and producer. He has received two Golden Globe awards and two Oscars: Best Supporting Actor for Glory and Best Actor for his role in the crime thriller Training Day. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation, and is considered an American cultural icon.

Inspirational quote: “Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do” Denzel Washington

1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic – a summary on the job market

With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Career Angels wanted to understand how it actually affected the job market. We started to observe and analyze the changes that it brought.

• Since March 2020: we have been observing the situation across the EU (unemployment and the number of job ads published on LinkedIn)
• Since September 2020: monitoring a total of 80 countries on all continents.
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