Tag: head hunters

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Financial Services

February 24, 2025
Industry Updates

Banks around the world are in the middle of a huge transition. Economic uncertainty, stricter regulations, and accelerated advances from non-bank competitors in 2024 is making 2025 a critical year for banks to diﬀerentiate—or risk falling behind. But major challenges will accompany that rapid transition,...

What Is the Unpublished Market?

February 17, 2025
Chairman's Blog

If you’re an executive, you can’t afford to ignore the unpublished market. But what is it, and why does it matter? In this episode of ASK AN EXPERT The Barrett Group’s Waffles Natusch and Dan Resendes break down how the unpublished market works and why it’s so powerful in an executive job search –...

Are We All Just Instruments or Obstacles?

February 10, 2025
Chairman's Blog

Single-minded focus on your own priorities has its place, but when changing careers, recognizing that other people actually have their own interests and objectives can actually accelerate your job search.

Five Tips to Get Your Career in Gear

February 3, 2025
Chairman's Blog

All year long executives come to us complaining about their careers. Frankly, we welcome their complaints because acknowledging dissatisfaction is the first step toward addressing it. We help executives migrate from dissatisfaction to success. Here are a few tips we can share based on our 35 years...

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Energy

January 27, 2025
Industry Updates

Evolving energy trends will shape 2025 and beyond. Global electricity demand is forecasted to grow – not least due to the insane power demands of artificial intelligence. But where will that electricity come from? Well, the energy sector is diversifying rapidly - multiplying the opportunities for...

Big Decisions Don’t Need to Be Difficult

January 20, 2025
Chairman's Blog

Every day at The Barrett Group dozens of executives tell us about their work-related pains, but they fail to do anything about it. Why do they remain frozen in the headlights?

7 Key Trends Shaping Executive Opportunities in 2025

January 13, 2025
Chairman's Blog

Dynamic shifts and transformative forces often characterize the business landscape. This was especially true in 2024. Yet, the executive market demonstrated remarkable resilience. As we move into 2025, these trends are accelerating, presenting both challenges and unique opportunities for executives...

INDUSTRY UPDATES: The Annual Report

January 6, 2025
Industry Updates

Dynamic shifts and transformative forces shaped the business landscape in 2024 as political events, volatile markets, international conflicts, and fluctuating commodity prices roiled the world. Yet, the executive market demonstrated remarkable resilience throughout. As we move into 2025, these trends...

Time is Running Out

December 30, 2024
Chairman's Blog

Often executives put up with too much work, obnoxious colleagues, low pay, little recognition, a lack of fulfillment… putting off a change for another day, another week, another month, another year… until their careers have slipped by them even as their bitterness and frustration grow.

Ouch! My Job Hurts!

December 23, 2024
Chairman's Blog

Most of the discomfort that executives feel is completely unnecessary. So, much like a physician, we diagnose the symptoms to better understand clients’ career and job search pains. Then we offer a remedy that is tailored to them.