We highly recommend you read The forces of the job market to get acquainted with the driving forces: Ephemeralization, Democratization of and access to technology, A diversified workforce. Read more
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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
Creating a Perfect Linkedin profile… step by step!
August – the LinkedIn month! During the past 4 weeks we have shared practical tips on how to improve your LinkedIN profile & social media presence in general. Here are our previous posts: Read more
“Looking for new opportunities…”
The initial post was inspired by, well, profiles we see every day on sites like LinkedIn, and more precisely taglines like this: Read more
A profile picture says more than a 1000 words. What does yours say?
Have you ever searched for a prospect, business partner or potential employee online? Maybe you have found your lawyer, doctor or investment banker on a social media site via common friends? Have you ever been unpleasantly surprised by how unprofessional their profile picture was?
What usually happens is that we choose a picture: Read more
If you are not on LinkedIn, you don’t exist
This is not a fad anymore that will pass. Let’s look at some numbers:
Facebook*: 1.59 bn* active users
LinkedIn**: growing at more than 2 members per second**
Xing*: 9.7 m users
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The death of the headhunter’s database
This is a snippet of an email one of our clients received when contacting a Consultant with one of the leading, global, retained Top Executive Search firms:
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Kill 6 birds with one stone
Myth: a candidate can be hired right away by sending one email that includes a generic motivation letter and an average CV. Let’s be realistic: not gonna happen.
Imagine: Read more
Re-branding your career focus: from local to international
We once had a client: a marketing manager with experience in only his own country who had successfully gotten a job in UK with the support of Career Angels. A few years later, he approached us again, with a new goal in mind: to present himself as an “international manager”. The challenge: prior to his first UK-based job, his experience was limited only to one market, with no exposure Read more
The Job Hunting Strategy
Job hunting is not as difficult as we tend to imagine. However: fortune favours the prepared!
You need to do your homework. To start with ask yourself: Read more
