What Friday’s Positive Jobs Report Means to Your Business and Career

Posted By: Mark Anderson
Filed Under: mark anderson, executive hiring, economy, jobs report, employment trends, department of labor

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The January US Jobs Report reported some good news with the picture showing a real upswing in job creation since mid-2011 and a recovery back to those levels seen early last year:

much higher than expected 243,000 jobs created
unemployment dipped to 8.3%
257,000 private sector jobs were created in the month (14,000 public sector jobs were eliminated in January)
revisions to November also showed an additional increase in jobs created by 60,000

But what does that mean to you?

Published on: Thursday, February 02, 2012

Leadership is Transferable Across Industries

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, leadership, executive recruiters, executive job search, executive careers, career planning

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An ExecuNet member who was trying to transition into a new industry finally networked to an interview with the president of his target company. The president was resistant to hiring this executive because he didn't have the experience, know the language or have the contacts in this particular sector.

"Where do you rank your company in this industry?" the ExecuNet member asked the president.
"We're the best," the president quickly replied.
"Then why would you want to hire from a weaker competitor?"

Published on: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Six-Figure Hotline: Network Past Education Bias

Posted By: Dave Opton
Filed Under: execunet, executive job search, dave opton, six-figure hotline, career change, bias, education, hr

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As part of ExecuNet membership, I conduct a weekly teleconference called Six-Figure Hotline where members call in to ask the questions keeping them up at night, and to gain market and trend insight from the career experts who join me in talking about issues that are important to executives today.

An ExecuNet member asked: "After over 15+ years of a successful career as a procurement specialist, considered a lobbyist/partner within the law firms where I was affiliated in DC, I am changing careers to business development and want to work in-house. Although I have worked with corporate CEOs, Presidents and Emirs, I find that my lack of formal education stops my application when it hits HR. I'm frustrated because in my field it's about delivery and not about your degree. How do I overcome this challenge?"

Published on: Friday, January 27, 2012

Does Your Brain Need an Upgrade?

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: world business forum, robyn greenspan, executive recruiters, executive hiring, diversity, emotional intelligence, claudio fernández-aráoz

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"Nothing is more important for our career success than making great people decisions," said Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, author of Great People Decisions at the 2011 World Business Forum, where ExecuNet exclusively reported. When he surveyed which of the thousands of business leaders in the audience were formally trained in this selection process, very few raised their hands.

Published on: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Whose Side of the Table is the Recruiter on When Negotiating Compensation?

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, executive job search, executive recruiter, nick corcodilos, salary, negotiation, compensation

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Ever wish you had access to an executive recruiter just to ask that one question? ExecuNet members routinely email us their questions, and we tap into the minds of executive recruiters in our network to get their unadulterated feedback. "One ExecuNet member wrote: What can I expect from a recruiter when I'm negotiating salary and compensation? After all, doesn't he work for the hiring company?"

Executive recruiter Nick Corcodilos, offered his thoughts on the topic. Here's an excerpt of what he had to say:
This question is so common that I include an entire section about it in my PDF book, How to Work with Headhunters ... and how to make headhunters work for you.