Job Outlook for Executives Is 'Strong' as Firms Seek Growth

Jobs and the Economy: Job Outlook for Executives Is 'Strong' as Firms Seek Growth - CNBC

The "new, new, new normal" is here to stay.

Boards of Directors want to hire C-Suite Executives who know how to take existing business into new markets. Especially those companies who are sitting on a lot of cash and seeing that new opportunities means getting into position to leverage growth in the next 18 months.

“For a lot of marketing executives and professionals who got stuck in this recession, now opportunities are starting to open up again,” John Challenger said,, the source of the CNBC article and CEO of employment-research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Bottom line for executives:

1. Position yourself as a key executive who knows how to grow a business, not just hunker down hoping things will change.
2. Target small and medium sized companies who have taken the hit with retiring Baby Boomers and need top level leaders.
3. Learn how to use social networking to connect to quality contacts and tap into the hidden executive job market.
4. Do more than your competition when it comes to getting on a hiring executive's radar screen. 

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