Comment to “The age issue”

We’ve asked a client to comment on this post.

Briefly about her: She’s 50+ and has worked i.a. with the Polish government on gender issues. Former 50+ job hunter who has successfully found a job with our support.

Her comments and experience:

The topic “50+” in itself is very complex as we have to consider various elements: Read more

The age issue

This post was inspired by one of our former clients who contacted me some time ago with a question that transpired both curiosity and frustration,

“Why don’t employers want to hire people 50+ or even 40+?

I will try to answer this question by basing them on what we’ve experienced and observed with our clients from that age group that could be easily divided into 2 groups. Read more

Gift vouchers

Thanks to our clients who like giving our services as gifts to their loved ones, we’ve designed “proper” vouchers.

Voucher

With special thanks to our designer Maja Gieraltowska!

Are you a “Wandering Butterfly”?

Wandering ButterflyLet’s review the theory briefly: a “Wandering Butterfly” or career type “transatory” is a professional who changes jobs every 3-4 years “moving rather laterally than upwards” to new and unrelated fields like a butterfly from cherry tree to sunflower to roses. Moving rather laterally means that they are not after becoming an authoritative figure. Their motivations of change are fueled by: Read more

Career Personality: Tireless Kangaroo

KangarooThis is the second post in the cycle “What Career Personality are you?” You can read the first post here.

The category “transatory+” did not surface in the original research. We allowed ourselves to “update” / “extend” the existing model. Why? Analyzing professionals in the last 10-15 years, you will find an increasing number of those who change jobs more often than only every 3-4 years. Some change as often as once a year. They are “consistently inconsistent”. Based on our observation, this rather recent phenomenon has two underlying causes in two different age groups: Read more

Job Hunting for Foreigners in Poland

This post initiates another cycle of blog posts (the other one being “What Career Personality are you?“) that aims at answering the following main question:

What do experienced managers have to do to find a job in a certain country?

Related questions we will answer:
Is there demand for foreign managers? What is expected of them?
How important is it for job hunting managers to know the local language?
What skills or competencies do they have to demonstrate to be successful?
What are specificities of the local markets? Read more