INDUSTRY UPDATE: Big Tech
In 2024 the tech industry is likely to see restructuring, and a variety of developments will affect the playing field. Almost 9,000 executives list the Big Tech companies as their employers on LinkedIn. Frankly, Big Tech companies are not comparable among themselves. What may most connect them, however, is their need for talent – specifically, executive talent.
Cold Weather? Hot Market!
Even as the northern hemisphere feels winter’s chill, we see our clients landing at a furious pace—more than 1 per day so far in 2024—indicating a hot hiring market for executives (at least if they hire the Barrett Group).
Some recruiter-oriented sources seem to be reporting a slowdown in hiring, but the Barrett Group’s clients learn to tap the whole market, not just the recruiter market or on…
INDUSTRY UPDATE: Energy
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events seems to be focusing public attention at last on the accelerating climate change humanity has inflicted on the planet for more than 100 years. Finally, a few important steps were undertaken at the latest COP28 meeting in 2023, the global body charged with avoiding climate catastrophe.
Public or Private Sector: Where are the Greener Pastures?
Professionals usually come to the Barrett Group to undertake a change of profession, industry, or role, to earn more money, to be more satisfied, and for many other reasons. Some of these executives even want to switch between the public and private sectors, particularly from the public (government) to the private enterprise sector.
The Year in Review and a Look Ahead
The Barrett Group’s Senior Social Media & Sales Support Manager, Keiva Ditchfield-Agboh interviews CEO, Marion Engelke, and Peter Irish, Chairman of The Barrett Group, about this year in review.
Keiva: Welcome to Marion Engelke and Peter Irish today as we consider the year in review and look ahead to 2024. Peter let’s set the scene by describing the dynamics in the executive market. Wh…
Time For Your New Year’s Revolution
No, it’s not a typo. It’s an invitation.
Instead of making the same old pledge to yourself to be a better person, parent, partner, or employee, or to lose weight, or to quit smoking, or… any of the usual commitments you make in January, why not address the underlying discomfort you feel of being under-appreciated, undervalued, underpaid, or underutilized in your current career this new year?
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Marketable or Makeover (Part Five): How to Avoid Failing at the Finish Line
How to Avoid Failing at the Finish Line…
Think of the last time you received an attractive job offer. Jubilation? Euphoria? Exhaustion? Relaxation? Those might be some of your very natural and human reactions. However, as Alexander Pope observed several hundred years ago, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread…” [See Source.]
In other words, perhaps merely receiving the offer is not the …
INDUSTRY UPDATE: Private Equity & Venture Capital
There is no question that 2023 has been a complicated year for the Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) industry. Here are a few headlines from S&P Global for the first nine months of 2023 [See source.]:
“Global private equity fundraising remained sluggish as total capital raised in the first nine months of 2023 amounted to $675 billion, a 14% decline compared to the same period last…
Marketable or Makeover (Part Four): The Perils of Inadequate Preparation
We often hear the fateful phrase from executives, “Just get me in the door and let me talk to decision-makers.” Many self-confident types simply believe in their powers of persuasion. However, an employment interview is not a business presentation. It is typically a very specific opportunity to fail.
In fact, most executives do not really grasp the purpose of such an interview at all. They thi…
’Tis the season to get serious (about your career)
Are you thinking about postponing your career change again simply because of the holiday season? Well, guess what? You are not alone. Many executives feel it would be more comfortable to coast through the holidays, put up with the irritations of their current positions a little longer, forgo earning more money, and start their career search in January… when everyone else does. Read Tomorrow’s T…
