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Navigating Your Career Path

Welcome and thank you for taking the time to visit this site. We would like to share some insights and advice designed to help you think through the various stages of a career transition.

Your Experience as a Candidate

So, you’re a Spencer Stuart candidate — what happens next? In this guide, we set out how we aim to work with you and what you can expect.

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Skills for search and interviews

Identifying the next opportunity and impressing at your interview.

Career Advice: You Are the Brand

The first step in writing your next chapter is to define your brand. Here are some ways to get started.
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Practical Advice for Experienced Job Seekers: A Reactive and Proactive Mix

Whether searching for a new full-time executive role or a non-executive board director position, combine both reactive and proactive approaches.
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GenAI interview coaching can help you hone your interview skills

For aspiring C-suite leaders, it can be hard to get candid feedback on your executive presence in an interview. A new partnership between Spencer Stuart and Yoodli is bringing first-of-its-kind generative AI-powered interview coaching to help you address that challenge. Explore Yoodli’s coaching platform, which simulates high-stakes interviews, provides contextual follow-up questions and gives you feedback for improvement. Practice interviewing in private and receive personalized coaching.

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Ready for Your Closeup? Six Tips for Mastering the Art of Video Interviewing

Ready for Your Closeup? Six Tips for Mastering the Art of Video Interviewing

With more remote working and social distancing, your in-person interview may switch to video. Here are six tips to help you succeed.
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Six Steps for a Successful Job Search: Perspectives from an executive search and leadership consulting firm

An insider perspective on how to manage your job search and the basics of working with executive search firms.
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Making Your Next Move: The Three Fs of Job Selection

Making Your Next Move: The Three Fs of Job Selection

Even the most effective leaders can struggle to make decisions at crucial pivot points in their careers. This framework can help.
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The resume

We help you stand out from the crowd.

It's Not Just a Resumé: It's Your Leadership Story

It's Not Just a Resume: It's Your Leadership Story

Five tips to ensure your resume goes beyond the laundry list and reflects your personal brand as a leader.
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Leadership Matters

Executive Search 101: Guide for the Active Job Seeker

Three steps to take when you’re ready to make a move.
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Leading in today's world

Moving to the C-suite

Nick Falk discusses why those aspiring to be in the C-suite need moments of reflection.
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Christie Coplen

Challenges in a hybrid world

Christie Coplen discusses how to keep a culture in tact and develop top talent in a hybrid world.
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Supporting diverse leadership

Brickson Diamond discusses how to connect with and advocate for diverse leaders.
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Tips for joining a board

Looking for a seat at the table? Here’s how we can help.

Becoming a non-executive chair

We describe the steps to becoming a chair in the UK, what the role involves, and the personal characteristics needed to chair a board effectively.
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Becoming a non-executive director, 4th European edition

In this newly expanded and updated edition of Becoming a non-executive director, we throw some light on what board work entails and the steps involved in getting a suitable non-executive directorship for the first time.
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Becoming an Independent Director: U.S. First Edition

This booklet looks at the roles and responsibilities of a board, the skills and qualifications in demand in the boardroom, and the steps involved in joining a U.S. corporate board.
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Getting a seat at the table

Getting a Seat at the Table

Interested in serving on a board? We offer guidance for increasing the chances of being considered for board opportunities.
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Getting On Board

How executives can position themselves for a seat at the table.
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Building a Career Today

When taking a lateral step makes sense.
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Looking for wider career advice?

Drawing on our expertise in assessing and advising leaders and our observations about what makes the most successful leaders, we have developed a wide range of insights to help you achieve your career goals. 

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