When a business-critical specialist role is vacant, it can have major negative consequences for the organization. These individuals are often difficult for companies to identify themselves because they are sought after in the labor market and rarely need to actively seek new assignments. Our business seeks out these individuals on an ongoing basis, evaluates their skills, and keeps track of their availability and preferences so that they can quickly be in place when the need arises for the customer.
Today, it is more difficult for employers to retain skilled personnel within their companies. Competition is fierce, and our view of loyalty has changed.
We are more changeable and more career-conscious today than we were ten years ago. When employees change jobs, companies have to recruit new talent. Recruiting takes a lot of time and costs a lot of money. The result of a bad hire can be very costly. Filling a management position therefore involves greater risk than many other positions.
There are qualities that are particularly important when assessing whether a person is suitable for an interim management assignment: the ability to lead from the front, a senior and confident personality, the ability to follow through, prioritize, and make decisions, good commercial understanding, and leadership skills are some of them.
