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Who applies to whom these days?
The job market has changed – in the past, companies often received up to 100 applications in response to a job ad, but today they are happy if anyone suitable applies at all. In this difficult environment, how do you get the right people interested in the vacant jobs? –
InterSearch Global Conference 2022
Last week, our consultants Mario Dänekas, Jörg Dötter, Widukind Baier and Carolin Dötter attended the Global Conference of InterSearch in Frankfurt. Even though the attendance was not yet back to pre-pandemic levels (for example, none of the Asian partners were able to come), they all very much appreciated the face-to-face
Four Tips for an Executive in Transition – Through the Eyes of an Executive Recruiter
As an executive in transition it can be unnerving to find yourself out of work, whether it’s due to a restructure or for personal reasons, being on the hunt for a new opportunity can seem overwhelming. Today’s reality is that the rules are changing faster than most of us can
Executive Search in times of Covid-19
For more than a year, we have all been living in a state of emergency – by now, a kind of new normality has almost set in. Initially, there was also uncertainty at InterSearch as to how the pandemic would affect our work. But it quickly became clear that it
Succession planning for the aging workforce
Succession planning is important to long-term organizational success but isn’t regularly discussed by leadership teams. Over the past few years, the Charles Aris team has all too often seen this vulnerability rear its head in industrial manufacturing. The gap between leadership teams today and the ones which will take over
Hire the Wrong Executive and Risk your Company’s Growth
Hiring talent remains the number one concern of CEOs in the most recent Conference Board Annual Survey: it’s also the top concern of the entire executive suite. Why is hiring talent the top concern of the C-Suite, and why is it so hard to get right? Companies are people. Yes,