Also known as interim executives, these senior level managers are currently enjoying a strong demand for their expertise. If you are a highly qualified professional with a portfolio of skills and achievements and a desire to be challenged by a number of different assignments, there is growing demand for your services in a broad range of industries. According to Claude M. DeBruhl, COO for Dinte Resources, a Tysons Corner, Va. firm that places interim executives, large companies are using interim executives for projects of finite duration.
Someone is out on maternity leave or because of an illness for an extended period of months.
These companies often bring in executives in human resources, in sales, in finance, in marketing to set up and manage the traditional infrastructure of an organization. Young companies tend to be focusing on the technology. The HR people will bring in the trappings necessary to run a company legally and humanely. Recently, a number of folks were in companies that went public and they cashed out. For many, interim assignments also turn out to be a bridge to full-time employment.