Executive Recruiters Network to Reach Candidates with International Experience

Featured Article by ExecuNet senior contributing editor Joe McCool's analysis of search firm activities revealed that recruiters are connecting with globally experienced leaders through networking.

To meet the business challenges posed by globalization, foreign competition and international security issues, organizations are reaching out to leaders who have navigated the sometimes-complex social and cultural challenges of a foreign assignment, especially as more Western companies take their goods and services to new markets in the Far East.

"Savvy recruiters are leveraging professional networks and the referrals they generate to uncover talented executives whose international experience is especially coveted in today's market for executive talent," says McCool. Finding experienced candidates through online research closely follows networking.

How Executive Recruiters Find Candidates With International Experience

* Networking (including personal referrals) 29.28%
* Online Research 27.63%
* Association / membership resources 17.76%
* Foreign partnerships / affiliations 12.50%
* Other 3.62%
* Chamber of Commerce resources 1.97%
* Not applicable 7.94%

Resource: ExecuNet

Conducting The Job Search Campaign

Featured Article & Resume Writer: Diane Burns

Everywhere you look there are posters that read: "Now Hiring" or "Immediate Employment Opportunities." The major Internet career web sites boast thousands of open positions (monster.com, 310,000, updated daily; careermosiac.com, 135,000 listings, updated daily). Sunday classifieds are full, and job unemployment is a record low. The average American accepts a new job about every 3.6 years; those in dot.coms change jobs about once a year. AT&T receives an average of 3,000 resumes daily, and Microsoft received 1.5 million resumes in 1999. The incredible increase in companies receiving so many resumes is due to the advent of career job boards. When candidates input their resumes to an Internet job board, they are sending them to potentially hundreds of recruiters or companies, depending on matching keywords.

Monster.com conducted a survey of 54,000 people in spring 2000 and 13% reported receiving their last job from the Internet. This number is high, considering most jobs (80-95%) are still obtained through networking. Due to the high number of resumes being received, creating an almost overwhelming task for recruiters and hiring managers who review resumes, job seekers still need to network their way into the Human Resources department of the company they wish to work for. [Continue reading...]

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Building the Executive Resume

Featured Article & Resume Writer: Abby Locke

No-one can deny the importance of a resume in a job search. Despite the invention of web portfolios, online applications, and leadership profiles, you will find that a well-written resume is still a highly effective tool for interviewing, networking, and relationship building purposes.

For executive jobseekers, the job search arena is a whole different playing field. The compensation is higher, but the competition for C-level positions is fiercer than that of the average jobseeker. As senior-level executive positions shrink, a powerful executive resume /portfolio can give you an edge over your peers.

When taking a close look at resume s on the whole, there are distinctive features that are unique to the executive resume. While information like job responsibilities, areas of expertise, accomplishments, and technical skills will always apply to any jobseeker, the executive must also demonstrate leadership capabilities, industry insights, revenue-enhancing performance, and staff management in his or her resume. In addition, the executive resume should be targeted, highly-customized, and clearly describe the executive's personal attributes.

Sounds like a tall order, right? So how exactly do you begin to put the pieces together? [Find out!]

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