I don’t use any private email address

April 27, 2021 | CareerAngels | International Job Hunting
Career Consultant Diary: I don't use any private email address by Sandra Bichl

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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Hidden Job Market Y21W17

April 26, 2021 | CareerAngels | Generating Job Offers
Hidden Job Market - job ads for executives across Europe (week 17 2021)

47 Job ads for experienced managers & executives across Europe from Hidden Job Market by Career Angels

This week we’ve researched job ads for executives across Europe and have found 47 gems like the following:

  • [PL] Business Technology Services Director @ JTI (Japan Tobacco International)
  • [PL] Director QA and Automation @ Discovery Inc
  • [BE] Director Change Management @ EY
  • [EE] VP of Risk OPS @ Opera
  • [DK] Director Electrification Product Technologiest @ TE Connectivity

Here the full list job ads from Hidden Job Market:

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Where will you meet us?

April 26, 2021 | CareerAngels | International Job Hunting
Where will you meet us?

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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LinkedIn job ads – market analysis (Week 16)

April 24, 2021 | CareerAngels | Our Updates
Full Week 16 Market Signals report showing winners: Iberia, Spain and Losers: BENELUX, Netherlands

Full Week 16 Market Signals report showing winners: Iberia, Spain and Losers: BENELUX, Netherlands

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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Applying to job ads as a job hunting channel (video)

April 23, 2021 | CareerAngels | Our Updates

Applying to job ads as a job hunting channel

Networking has an efficiency of 29% as a job hunting channel – 14% more than contacting recruiters! Depending on how complex the job search is, candidates should get in touch with their network 3 to 9 months prior starting the whole process, meaning that they have to audit contacts in advance, be systematic and consistent.

This video was recorded during one of the 16 webinars we produced last year that attracted over 1000 participants from all over the world who have spontaneously sent us feedback like this one: “The webinars allowed me to systematize my knowledge. They were invaluable to understand how the current job market looks like. They are a beautiful initiative in times like these. They support people for whom building a career development path is a big unknown in some aspects. It’s perfect for those who appreciate professional knowledge and experience” (Department Director)

Thanks to the overwhelmingly positive feedback, we’ve decided to design a course called “Every step of the job search explained – backed by research!” which you’ll find on Udemy. Here a sneak peek of the content on the introduction to networking as one of the tools in the job search process.

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Improving Job Market in the Nordics

April 22, 2021 | CareerAngels | International Job Hunting

Job Market in the Nordics

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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Spring = job search

April 22, 2021 | CareerAngels | Career Planning
Job Search Strategy for an experienced manager

Job Search Strategy for an experienced manager

Spring is the best time to start your job search if you want to start a new job in the fall!

Are you a manager or executive with 10+ years of experience? Would you like to discuss your job search strategy confidentially? Email Bichl.Sandra@CareerAngels.eu who will match you with one of our consultants.

If this doesn’t apply to you, but you think somebody could benefit from it, please like and share or forward.

HR trends – potential threats

April 22, 2021 | CareerAngels | International Job Hunting
HR trends – potential threats by Career Angels

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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#WiseWednesday: Meg Whitman

April 21, 2021 | CareerAngels | International Job Hunting

“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 quotes by Career Angels: "Run to the fire, don't hide from it" Meg Whitman

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

 

May the bots be with you!

April 20, 2021 | CareerAngels | International Job Hunting


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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