The Great Resignation, a nickname for the period in 2020 and 2021 where resignation rates spiked in the U.S., is having a lasting impact on workplace culture and talent acquisition.
Traditionally, the Charles Aris Corporate Development Practice has introduced the search work we do as “recruiting and placing current and former investment bankers.”
In our last Corporate Development Quarterly Newsletter, we examined the shifting paradigm of reporting structure for corporate development leaders in private equity portfolio companies.
As inflation rates remain high, and the talent market across industries remains competitive, many of our clients at Charles Aris Executive Search believe the current market is unsustainable and that a recession is imminent.
For both active and passive talent, delayed employment offers can be the source of unnecessary stress and anxiety.
Throughout the seemingly endless stretch of recent growth and record hiring lies a common theme critical to all organizations: talent acquisition.
While the economy fluctuates, executive leaders are having to continually adapt their strategies to conquer emerging challenges in their organizations.
It’s no secret that inflation is ramping up in 2022, and this trend is especially apparent in the housing market. Negotiating relocation is key.
Spell joined the firm as a practice leader in 2021 with decades of agricultural recruiting experience, but he says the increased focus on sustainability in all levels of his field, from technology to culture, has changed the type of skills he’s seeking to fill executive roles.
In-office roles transitioned to work-from-home in 2020, and junior team members entering the workforce had to take their first steps remotely.
In 2021, over 75% of our Head of Corporate Development searches had the position reporting directly to the CEO of the portfolio company. This is up from roughly 50% in 2020 and 33% in 2019.
“New normal” is a phrase encompassing the weird world of working from home, working a combination schedule of in-person and remote and all the other COVID-era innovations that have kept life moving forward in unprecedented times.
