While it gave everyone an opportunity to express themselves and remove from job search isolation, there were definitely some comments that kept coming up. Among the biggest pet peeves that were expressed to me were: My recent discussions with active executive candidates revealed some of the growing obstacles and roadblocks they are experiencing in their job search efforts.
-- Lack of response from companies who have received their resume and/or job applications
-- Insufficient qualified job openings that best match their career background, experience level and salary requirements.
-- Not securing enough interviews despite multi-faceted job search marketing campaigns
-- Too many companies putting on hiring freezes, changing the position requriements or shifting to internal candidates.
We all know that 2008 was a challenging year to say the least, but what is in store for 2009 - can it get any worse?
A recent survey by Careerbuilder.com suggested that while we can expect recruitments to lower in 2009, all employers are not completely out of the mix for bringing new employees on board.
"Instead, they are taking a "wait and see" approach to hiring, according to CareerBuilder.com's "2009 Job Forecast," which tracks projected hiring trends for the new year. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, surveyed 3,259 hiring managers and human resource professionals in private sector companies." Check out the full article here - you will be surprised by some of the expected trends that include bigger paychecks and flexible work arrangements. All is not lost in your executive job search. Still looking for an organized, reliable system for developing your executive job search campaign, see what the FastTrack Career Transition Mastermind program can do for you.
