News & Resources
Nov. 14, 2011
Managing Partner Brian McGowan featured in WSJ.com/FINS article:
The 10 Risks and Rewards of a Lateral Career Move
Up may not be the only way to go when it comes to building a career these days.
Take Mary Tuuk, a high-profile female exec at Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati. She took a lateral move last month to run the bank’s Western Michigan operations from Grand Rapids, Mich., relocating from the company’s headquarters where she had a staff job as the bank’s chief risk officer. Tuuk, 46, told FINS that the new position would give her profit and loss experience, an essential skill if she wants to compete to become the bank’s chief executive.
More people are making lateral career moves like Tuuk’s as slow job growth, corporate cost-cutting and fewer retiring baby boomers are blocking the traditional upward climb. Such moves enable folks to build a stronger skill set and boost their feelings of job security before angling for promotions. Career coaches say that horizontal moves are necessary for advancement within a company today, but they caution that not all are created equal. Here are ten points to consider before saying “yes.”
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“Corporate Conversations”
February 22, 2011
Aquinas Search Partners’ managing partner Brian McGowan was recently a featured guest along with Linda Brenner and Steven Russell on Atlanta Business Radio’s “Corporate Conversations” with Dawn Ely and Lee Kantor. Follow this link to Atlanta Business Radio to hear them discuss today’s trends in recruiting.
The Corporate Conversations Show >
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The 25 Best Companies to Work For in America
Business Insider – February 15, 2011
You’ve heard of the free massages, the rock-climbing wall and the sushi lunches at Google. But believe it or not, employees have as good an experience working at some traditional corporations. To read more, follow this link to the Business Insider.
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Housing Bubbles Are Few and Far Between
The New York Times – February 5, 2011
What’s the outlook for home prices over the next decade? It’s not easy to tell. We need to confront the basic fact that near the beginning of the 21st century, the market for homes in much of the world suddenly became more speculative than ever. To read more, follow this link to The New York Times.
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Bloomberg Businessweek – January 13, 2011
The summer internship hiring season is just beginning at many business schools and already things are looking up for first-year MBA students, according to the latest survey from the MBA Career Services Council. Of the B-school career officers surveyed, 81 percent said they expected internship hiring to improve, up from 60 percent in 2009. The improved economic outlook is also boding well for other key hiring indictors like on-campus recruiting and full-time job postings, according to the survey, conducted this December at 79 public and private business schools worldwide. To learn more, follow this link to Bloomberg Businessweek.
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How Six Companies Failed to Survive 2010
The New York Times – January 5, 2011
In business, numbers usually tell the story. If you use them to judge 2010, it was probably a better year for small businesses than 2009. In the first quarter of 2010, for example — the most recent period for which the data are available — there was a net loss of 96,000 companies with fewer than 100 employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2009, the loss was 400,000 companies. Numbers, however, do not tell the whole story. Behind every one of those small businesses that failed was an entrepreneur with an idea and a dream. For details, follow this link to The New York Times.