Friday, March 17, 2006

How and When the Modern Executive Should Seek a Job

By Federico Guillermo Mauro

Besides a good résumé, the modern executive should have the skill to understand how his market behaves and the capacity to adapt speedily to its transformations. Only thus will he have the possibility to survive in a scenario of globalized economy, in which the speed of decisions is directly proportional to the velocity of the information.

If we could write a “Manual of the Modern Executive,” its first chapter would be “How and when to seek a job.” This is where the ability to understand the market begins, to perceive its movements and anticipate them. Years of experience in the selection of executives shows that the simple task of preparing the résumé already gives indications of the professional’s profile. Through it, we know whether the candidate is objective, strategic, bureaucratic, etc.

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