Changes in law (e.g. quotas), society and technology have led to the most diversified workforce in the history of mankind (!) in terms of race, religion, national origin, gender, personality or age. Never before have so many generations participated in the workforce:
- Baby Boomers, 1946-1964
- Generation X, 1965-1979
- Generation Y, 1980-1989
- Generation Z, since 1990
The tools, the mindset and business or career advice from the 90’s or even 00’s don’t work in today’s VUCA world; to quote Wikipedia:
V → Volatility. The nature and dynamics of change & the nature and speed of change force and change catalysts.
U → Uncertainty. The lack of predictability, the prospects for surprise and the sense of awareness and understanding of issues and events.
C → Complexity. The multiplex of forces, the confounding of issues, no cause-and-effect chain and confusion that surrounds organization.
A → Ambiguity. The haziness of reality, the potential for misreads and the mixed meanings of conditions; cause-and-effect confusion.
For most contemporary organizations […] VUCA is a practical code for awareness and readiness. Beyond the simple acronym, there is a body of knowledge that deals with learning models for VUCA preparedness, anticipation, evolution and intervention.
When advising, we know that it is dangerous to rely solely on our experience that every one of us has accumulated over their careers, which for some of us is 15 or more years. What worked 17, 9 or even 5 years ago, will very likely not work anymore. Because the market is VUCA – it changes very quickly.
What differentiates us
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We collect data on our own. We track the efficiency of job offer channels. We track the response rate of thousands of headhunters and decision makers. We track the methodologies and texts they use. We look at so-called “response rate” or “interview rate”. Here are our Job Hunting Reports of the past years: [2016], [2017], [2018], [2019], [2020], [2021].
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We use scientific research from Decision Dynamics, a company that has been collecting and analyzing data on i.a. people’s careers for over 40 years. Over 1 million people have used their tools. Why Decision Dynamics? Because their underlying concept is tangible, easily understandable and consequently impactful. Prior to introducing their tools to Career Angels, we tested them on our clients who, after seeing their reports and having their feedforward sessions, would say, “Oh, now I understand!” or “So nothing’s wrong with me? What a relief!”.
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We test new tools and methods on ourselves and our individual and corporate clients first before we share them. We constantly monitor the market. Whenever something catches our eye, we reach out and ask to test it. If it works, we’ll recommend it.
Our Promise
- If we don’t know something, we’ll tell you.
- If we haven’t done something before, we’ll tell you.
Truth be told, there are and will be circumstances where nobody will have an answer as none of us has ever been in a similar situation thanks to VUCA. At least we’ll openly admit it and not pretend we’ve been there.
Do you consider BECOMING OUR CLIENT?
Do you have questions? Would you like to request an offer? Discuss the scope of potential cooperation? Email Sandra.Bichl@CareerAngels.eu who will get shortly in touch with you. Alternatively, click “Contact us” to fill out the form.
