So more and more firms are going for executives gone native. Talent certainly still writes its own check. While numbers of jobs have not gone up, salaries for this type of manager can only rise. No one has the luxury of concentrating on just one area now. No. 1 among skills employers look for is the ability to deal with change, which is happening all around.
People have to be more open about which industry to work in if they want better prospects.
Telecommunications and information technology look promising. The best-paid jobs still need specific technical skills, but expansion in those sectors also means more general administrative and support staff. The huge sector, he says, needs staff from CEOs to technicians to marketing people. The years of prosperity saw a great leap in phone lines, mobile subscribers, pager users. And the push continues.