Tag: job search

Where Does It Hurt?

October 7, 2024
Chairman's Blog

Before making a career transition, it’s important to understand your underlying motivations for wanting a change. Identifying your pain points – the source of your stress or anxiety – is the first step in resolving that pain and moving towards a better place in your professional life.

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Information Technology

September 30, 2024
Industry Updates

There is little question that AI is the main buzzword in information technology these days. US business leaders are poised to invest heavily in it in the coming year. And hiring for AI-related tech jobs was up despite significant negative employment trends in other tech-related fields. But there are...

Many Happy Returns Again

September 23, 2024
Chairman's Blog

Sometimes our clients are surprised at first to hear about paid search. They ask, why should I pay for career management services? Well, the return on investment for using career management services can be 30-fold or more. So, the better question is, why incur the opportunity cost of not employing...

Are There Too Many Engineers?

September 16, 2024
Chairman's Blog

Demand for engineering talent has certainly seen changes in some industries – sometimes radical changes. But there is no lack of interesting opportunities for engineers, rather a lack of understanding about how to discover them. And the areas of fastest hiring growth are, in some cases, surprising.

INDUSTRY UPDATE: A World of Executive Opportunity

September 9, 2024
Industry Updates

Between the stock market’s gyrations, flaring violence on Europe’s eastern border and in Gaza, vitriolic politics, and macroeconomic upheaval, it would be easy to assume that the market for executives is holding its breath at the moment. That does not seem to be the case. The Barrett Group sees only...

Benefit from the Boom in Non-profits

August 26, 2024
Chairman's Blog

While some market segments are indeed slowing down as economies cool, one in particular is busy booming: the Non-profit Executive Market. It promises a lot of opportunity—the kind that The Barrett Group renders attainable every day.

So How Does the Unpublished Market Actually Work?

August 19, 2024
Chairman's Blog

Last week, six executive clients found jobs, 40 landed positions between June and July, and 75% of them landed through the unpublished market. How did they do it? Much of it had to do with being the right person at the right time.

When Life Hands You Lemmings…

August 12, 2024
Chairman's Blog

At the end of July a hiccup in the labor market spooked stock markets and many investors headed for the exits. Indeed, there may well be reasons to consider stocks overvalued, but not because of the labor markets, and especially not the market for executives.

Good News for the Power-Hungry

August 5, 2024
Chairman's Blog

Is your career plugged in, un-plugged, or plugged up? Why ask? Because the global industrial landscape is about to shift violently as solar power becomes the center of gravity. Your industry will likely be savagely affected by this transition, so now is the time to think more critically about what...

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Marketing & Advertising

July 29, 2024
Chairman's Blog, Industry Updates

Consumers are thirsting for authenticity even as the role of AI has risen to dizzying heights in the marketing and advertising industry…virtually overnight! It is a weird paradox to say the least. How will the industry survive and prosper – and which executives will navigate this industry upheaval?