Career coaching
Executive Search Coaches For Job Search Success
Executives who decide to change careers may discover that finding a new job is a lot harder than they think. The days of watching the want ads and sending out resumes for executive positions is long gone. Most top executive jobs aren’t even publicized, because the market for them is so highly competitive. Knowing the right people is an important part of finding executive positions. You need to be in the right place at the right time in order to secure an executive level job.
Fortunately, there are people out there who specialize in helping executives find jobs. They’re called executive search coaches, and their specialty is locating career opportunities, greasing the wheels, getting you in touch with the right people, going over your resume with a fine-toothed comb, and preparing you for interviews.
According to a recent survey of new executives, almost 70 percent got their current positions by using executive coaches. An additional 14 percent did not use executive search coaches, but said that they wished they had, because they felt that they might have gotten a better head start on their careers if they had!
Executive coaching is a wonderful tool for the executive who is stuck in one particular career field for many years and now is choosing to move on to higher positions elsewhere. This may come about after many years of feeling unhappy with the current job or just with the need for a change of scenery. However one comes to it, executive coaching will help you find your niche.
Executives who are already doing well in their career will also benefit from executive search coaches. Using them will make you more competitive, compared to other candidates. Under their guidance, you will learn how to negotiate for stellar salary, and you’ll be able to win the best benefit packages. You’ll also be able to hand-pick the corporation, location and employment terms you like. Your job coach can even help you with your research, helping you figure out which corporate philosophy and atmosphere work best for you, at which corporation.
A job coach can help you get a great position, whether you are just beginning your career, returning to the executive world after being away, or already working in your field. The coach will do the research for you, find the best job opportunities, get your name out in the hiring world, and help prepare you for interviews and negotiation.
Executive coaches were used to get their current positions by almost 70%. An additional 14 percent who did not use executive search coaches but said that they wished they had, because they could have done much better than they did. It’s a wonderful tool for the executive who is stuck in one particular career field for many years and now is choosing to move on to higher positions elsewhere. This may come about after many years of feeling unhappy with the current job or just with the need for a change of scenery. However one comes to it, executive coaching will help you find your niche.
