The global Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and their career management service for senior-level executives, BlueSteps.com, released their 2014 AESC Global Executive Search Industry Outlook Report and 2014 BlueSteps Executive Outlook Report, based on annual surveys of senior executives and executive recruiters worldwide.
The 2014 Global Executive Outlook Report shows that 51% of senior executives worldwide hold a positive outlook for the global executive job market for 2014, an increase of 15% compared to the same time last year. The remaining 36% of senior executives shared a neutral outlook for the year ahead, while only 13% harbored a negative view for this year.
The AESC BlueSteps survey of 508 executives was conducted in December 2013 and included responses from senior-level executives in Technology, Healthcare, Energy and Natural Resources, manufacturing and Industrial and other sectors worldwide. Fifty percent of responses came from the Americas, 37 percent from EMEA and 13 percent from Asia/Pacific. Additional findings of the report include:
· Many executives consider themselves mobile again compared to the same time last year, with 74% of executives more willing to make a career move this year compared to 2013.
· Eighty-seven percent of executives plan to look for a new role this year.
· Ninety-two percent of executives in Canada feel positive about the executive job market for this year, followed by executives in China (78% positive outlook) and Germany (70% positive outlook)
The outlook among executive search firms aligns with the more positive forecast by global executives, with a similar AESC survey of executive search consultants revealing that outlook among executive search consultants reaching a 42-month high. Almost two-thirds (64%) of retained search consultants feel positive about the industry for the first six months of 2014, compared to 29% this time last year and 35% in July 2013.
These are great reports to browse through if you are looking to understand the market and your own position within it.
