Taking the next step on the career ladder

You might think recruitment agencies exist only to help employers, but specialist recruitment agencies can also help employees to take the next step in their career. Sean O’Sullivan, founder of SOS Executive Search, explains how they can help enhance your prospects.

Recruitment advice is not just for employers, or even for large businesses looking for their next middle manager. The decision to seek out a new role or new career path can be a daunting one at any point in your career, and sometimes you just need a little help to identify what you’re looking for.

Unless you’ve always been a sole trader who is happy and fulfilled working for yourself, there’s a high chance that you have at some point made a decision to leave a job and look for something new.

This move might have been prompted by a redundancy, or a sudden change in personal circumstances, but whatever the reason for you making the decision to look elsewhere, understanding what’s most important to you can help you identify exactly what to look for in your next role.

Why move?

The first step is to understand why you made the decision to move in the first place. Do you want a higher salary? Better benefits? Are you looking for a better work/life balance? Or to climb to the next rung on your chosen career ladder? Or, are you moving because you’re unhappy where you are? And if so, do you fully understand why?

According to the Harvard Business Review, people generally leave their jobs because they don’t like their boss, don’t see opportunities for promotion or growth, or are offered a better role (and often higher pay).

But while you may have made the decision to seek work elsewhere, that doesn’t mean you really understand what you are looking for on more than a general level.

Working with an executive search agency, such as SOS, can help you identify the most important benefits you want to find in your new role, as well as the key skills that you can bring to any potential employer. By helping you work out what’s really important to you, we’ll be able to find you a new role that’s a much better fit, not just a stopgap or, worse, a knee-jerk reaction to wanting to leave the place you’re in.

Using our expertise, we can help you identify exactly what your goals are, and match those with the right potential employer. Then you’ll be able to join a business that will challenge you and give you valuable new skills, while also fitting perfectly with your lifestyle and personal commitments, giving you a place where you can thrive for years to come.

Filling vacancies

SOS Executive Search specialises in vacancies within the HVAC, KBB and builders’ merchant sectors, and we recruit for some of the largest engineering, installation companies and building products manufacturers in the industry. Our vacancies include a wide range of positions from Business Development Managers and Key Account Managers to C-Suite, and because we work closely with the employers, we know exactly what they are looking for, and won’t waste anyone’s time by putting your CV forward to just anyone. Instead, we’ll identify all the varied skills that the company requires – from technical qualifications to customer service skills, to so-called ‘soft skills’ such as time management, communication and critical thinking – and identify the very best candidates from our database to send to them.

No time wasting

Unlike some less-professional recruitment agencies you may have previous experience of, we won’t waste your time suggesting vacancies that bear no resemblance to the type of job you’re searching for.

We work closely with our clients to understand exactly what strengths they want to add to their team, the technical qualifications they need and the qualities that will help them enhance their business.

Our team have decades of experience working in the construction sector, so we understand the types of people who most succeed and can work with you to identify exactly the skills and qualities you’re looking for.

I personally worked for many of the leading heating and bathroom manufacturers in the industry before I founded SOS Executive Search, and through those connections we have thousands of potential candidates on our books. We know from speaking with all of them exactly what type of role they’re looking for, and so we will always match our clients with the best possible candidates – and will find you the best possible company with whom to take the next step on your career ladder. We specialise in the efficient headhunting of excellent candidates within the building products industry and beyond. Our breadth and depth of contacts across the UK make us uniquely positioned to help you to hire and retain the best talent. And, furthermore, our high level of client and candidate contact means we are hands-on throughout the entire process.

Find out more

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