Many executives come to us with wide-eyed looks. They mix trepidation with astonishment because they realize they have absolutely no idea how to find a suitable position in today’s market. Often it has been years, possibly decades, since they looked for a job. Sometimes they desperately want to change...

Frankly, not everyone can work for the biggest players in the PE/VC industry, nor is that particularly advantageous career-wise, however, let us get our bearings by looking at three different ways of ranking the top companies in this field before we look under the hood: 1) funds raised, 2) assets...

If you do not already work for a company with connections to private equity (PE) or venture capital (VC) firms, you probably will at some point before you retire. We say this because many of today’s most important firms already have PE or VC shareholders. Take the venerable example of Sequoia Capital which...

Where is the sun? It has surely been a long, hard, lonely year for many of us as first Covid, then the war in Ukraine, gas shortages and rising prices, and now inflation all seemed like a perfect storm threatening to derail the world economy and scare us all into hiding under the bed. However, Barrett...

Where are you in your executive journey? Are you satisfied? Have you ever paused to give this serious thought? If you are just starting out, are you ambitious and driven? Or perhaps you are frustrated by a glass ceiling and eager to move up? Are you mid-career, more interested in security, and improving...

It’s payback time. One extremely important reason to consider changing roles as an executive is that typically you can earn more money when you do—as long as you do not “job hop.”   This is doubly true if you have someone as experienced as the Barrett Group to help you tactically as you negotiate...

Have you ever actually tried to look through a keyhole? If so, you know that your field of view is extremely limited. You can really only see a small swath of the room on the other side. Inevitably, you miss anything too far to the right, left, top, or bottom. Yet that is exactly how most professionals...

Loyalty to your employer is a great virtue. Trust is in short supply and wherever you can find it and maintain it this is an admirable and desirable circumstance. However, staying too long with the same organization or in the same role can also reduce your market value and negatively impact the value...

Summer in the northern hemisphere can be a blessing or a curse depending on the weather. But all too often, executives eager to make a professional change use it as an excuse to procrastinate. We highlighted this risk last year in “The Lazy Days of Summer: Procrastinate at Your Own Risk.” Sure, it...