How to Be Headhunted: The Insider's Guide to Making Executive Search Work for You [Paperback]

" If you are looking for a senior executive position this book will tell you what you need to know" Phil Cox, Chief Executive Officer, International Power Plc.;

"Offers practical steps to get noticed in the right places."

"Removes the mystery surrounding the headhunting process and shows you how to get the right search consultants interested in you."

If you are looking for a senior executive position this book will
tell you what you need to know.

If you are looking for a senior executive position - or a seat on the board - this book will tell you what you need to know. Learn about the search industry and the prominent firms within it. Understand the recruitment process and make it work to your advantage. Identify the search firm which specialise in your sector or job function. Prepare a persuasive covering letter and a 'headhunter-friendly' CV. Build long-term relationships with search consultants. Headhunting has long been shrouded in mystique. This book is the insider's guide, packed with practical tips to help you approach executive search firms.

Every day, large numbers of people contact executive search firms in the hope of finding a job or non-executive directorship. Many of them do so without fully understanding how headhunters work. Executive search firms provide access to some of the best career opportunities, so it is worth getting to know them. How to be Headhunted explains the structure of the search industry and highlights the prominent firms within it. It will help you to identify those which specialise in your sector or job function. You will find out how to prepare a persuasive covering letter and a ‘headhunter-friendly’ CV. How to be Headhunted will help you to build long-term relationships with the search consultants who are most relevant to your career.

John Purkiss is an executive search consultant and a regular speaker on personal and professional development. He was a Partner with Heidrick & Struggles before co-founding Purkiss & Company.; Barbara Edlmair worked with executive search firms Ray & Brendtson in Frankfurt and Heidrick & Struggles in London, prior to co-founding Purkiss & Company.; John and Barbara have recruited senior executives and non-executive directors in all sectors of both public and private companies.