O like Online Presence

At Career Angels we keep writing about how important it is to keep up with the VUCA market. It concerns us, consultants, but also you, experienced managers and executives who are (more or less) active on the job market. The Career ABC is a way to stay atop of what we know about the current job market. It includes updated definitions, myth busters, KPIs.

The remaining letters of the Career ABC series:

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Hidden Job Market Y19W28

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

  • General Manager E-Commerce @ Believe
  • Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development @ Elia
  • Human Resources Director @ NSF International
  • Global Head of Procurement @ Wargaming
  • Head of Project & Maintenance Engineering BioLife Europe @ Takeda

Here the full list:

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#WiseWednesday: Steffi Graf

“When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.” by Steffi Graf.

LMGTFY: Stefanie Maria “Steffi” Graf (born 1969), German former professional tennis player. Ranked world No. 1 and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. In 1988, she became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year.

N like Networking

At Career Angels we keep writing about how important it is to keep up with the VUCA market. It concerns us, consultants, but also you, experienced managers and executives who are (more or less) active on the job market. The Career ABC is a way to stay atop of what we know about the current job market. It includes updated definitions, myth busters, KPIs.

The remaining letters of the Career ABC series:

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Withdrawn job offer by prospective employer? What next? (And does this really happen? Often?)

The Guardian shared this story on July 3 “Banker lined up to lead Santander sues for €100m. Andrea Orcel accuses bank of breach of contract after it withdrew offer to hire him”.

How often does it actually happen that companies withdraw offers made to senior candidates after

  • a (binding) handshake?
  • an email of intent?
  • a letter of intent?
  • after signing the employment contract?
  • after having started working?

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Hidden Job Market Y19W27

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

  • TETRON Managing Director @ Motorola Solutions
  • CX Senior Sales Manager @ Oracle
  • Regional Talent Advisory Partner @ Pegasystems
  • Sales Operations and Commercial Finance Director @ Mimecast
  • Director EMEA OEM Business @ Lenovo

Here the full list:

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#WiseWednesday: Frank Zappa

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” by Frank Zappa.

LMGTFY: Frank Vincent Zappa (1940 – 1993), American musician, composer and activist. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works.

M like Motivation Letter

At Career Angels we keep writing about how important it is to keep up with the VUCA market. It concerns us, consultants, but also you, experienced managers and executives who are (more or less) active on the job market. The Career ABC is a way to stay atop of what we know about the current job market. It includes updated definitions, myth busters, KPIs.

The remaining letters of the Career ABC series:

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Hidden Job Market Y19W26

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

  • General Manager E–Commerce @ Believe
  • Brand (General) Manager MAC Cosmetics @ The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
  • Executive Director Human Resources @ Eurowag Group
  • Investment and Financing Director @ Luminus
  • Head of Cloud Distributed and Integration @ AXA

Here the full list:

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