The curse of being too successful

At Career Angel, we have the privilege to work with experienced managers across Europe. 2/3 are members of local or international management boards or report to one. Most of them have an MBA or a PhD or equivalent executive trainings with the top business schools. Some of them are regularly in the media because of their business successes and are THE top managers in the respective countries.

That gives us the unique opportunity: Read more

Do you interview like a master?

We had a summary call with one of our clients the other day:
Career Angel, “How is your job search going? I saw that you had 8 interviews during the last 4 weeks.”
Client, “It’s really bad. Nothing concrete.”
Career Angel, “But you’ve had 24 interviews over the past 3 months.”
Client, “No, no… I had only 4 real interviews. The other ones were just general calls or meetings.”
[Note: our client actually generated 2 job offers, one of which was accepted.]

First things first. What is an interview? Read more

How (not) to prepare for interviews

In short: if you fail to plan, you plan to fail!

Make sure you tick all the boxes of the below checklist:

Your online presence is flawless
In the Internet era, the first impression is no longer the physical impression we make, but the virtual one. Stay in control of your online reputation. Read more

The forces of the job market: #1 Ephemeralization

A question we regularly hear is, “How is the job market?” or “How will the job market be?”. Allow us to tell you this: the job market is difficult. Oh, it’s terrible! If it’s not post or pre-crisis, we are in the middle of one. Either an economical or socio-geographical or a political one. Or is the word “crisis” an excuse of people who haven’t learned how to navigate change? Read more