People want personal representation when considering their careers...there is a move back towards great representation but with far more.
It is an old saying that most things in life are like a pendulumand things just swing from one side to another. Often things need to almost goto an extreme before there is a swing back.
Today so many are fed upand disillusioned with many recruitment companies and job boards and theypossess a desire just to sit down with an expert, get good advice and supportas they consider their careers. Quite rightly so. Finding a new job can bea vulnerable and nervy process – whatever level a person sits. Funnily enough,often the more senior the person the more they do want support.
So this is one of ouraims this year – to create a process that does raise the bar. We have launcheda service called “reinvention”that not only does the above but goes deeper, seeks to raise a bar that reallyworks with people on a deeper level. We have a psychotherapist as part of theteam to work with those that are feeling high levels of anxiety and stress –and this is more natural than many realise. For a CEO to lose their roleand return to the family may sound like a good thing but it can create hugestress levels as often they do not know their role within the family unit, whatis the expectation of both themselves and their families? How do they reinventthemselves?
What happens to thosethat feel trapped in their jobs, feel a lack of purpose? Often many need justto sit down with a confidant, talk and find a new road to their own individualpurpose?
It is no different forcompanies who are seeking great talent. They need to fight for the best talentand today possess a more personalised, multi-dimensional approach to attractingand supporting the best talent through mentors, coaches, development plans andhow they stand/work with great social initiatives.It is a complicated pictureand landscape. It does all need better than job boards and depersonalisedprocess. Change is happening. There is great talent all around and they deserve– and need – great representation.