In the 2013 BlueSteps Executive Job Trends: Industrial & Manufacturing Report, senior-level executives who work in the industrial & manufacturing sector gave their predictions for 2014. These predictions included the top 5 factors that would influence the sector (cost reduction, human resources, automation, energy efficiency and onshoring), company preparedness for the effects of digital transformation, priority skills for executives working in this sector and their top career concerns.
The survey was conducted in October 2013 and includes 206 responses from BlueSteps member executives worldwide in the industrial and manufacturing sector.
Most executives think the recruiter-candidate relationship works like a job board: you submit, they review, you hear back. It almost never works that way at
A conversation with executive search consultant José Ruiz of Alder Koten on how board expectations have shifted, why most outreach fails, and what actually gets