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participant
profile
This chapter provides information about the people who have been
interviewed: the sector they work in, their job title, as well as the
number of staff members that report to the respondents. Information
is given on how they found their current position and the degrees
and certifications that are most common in their line of business.
This chapter also illustrates the methods participants use to network
and keep abreast on current business trends.
Figure 4.1 Job level Figure 4.2 Department
37% Management level
24% Director level
11% Employee level
10% Supervisor level
8% CEO / CFO / COO level
3% Controller level
3% Vice President level
5% Other
Most participants held a management title,
followed by directors (fig. 4.1).
As shown in fig. 4.2, most respondents worked
in HR. Finance followed at a great distance.
In The Netherlands, the majority of the
respondents worked within a finance department.
58% HR
14% Finance
9% Sales / Marketing
5% Engineering
2% IT
12% Other
23% of respondents had 1 to 2 people that
reported directly to them. 34% had no employees
reporting directly to them.
The participants found their current position
predominantly through professional contacts and
referrals, through recruitment companies and by
means of internal promotion (fig. 4.3).
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Internal promotion was popular in Turkey and in
The Netherlands the use of recruitment companies
scored the highest. Finding a job position through
job fairs, an internal recruiter or the company
website was not very common.
The preferred methods of networking were
attending conferences and conventions and
through professional and social networking sites.
Mentors and coaches were unpopular, as shown
in fig. 4.4.
In The Netherlands, Greece, Switzerland and
Poland, networking by means of attending conferences
and conventions was the most common.
To keep up with current business trends (fig. 4.5) we
see that networking, professional networking sites
(LinkedIn) and professional associations were the
most frequently used resources. In The Netherlands,
Chile and Poland educational seminars scored the
highest in this context. For Spain and Argentina,
one of the most popular resources for keeping up
with current business trends was trade journals.
The survey showed that 81% of respondents
were members of LinkedIn. In second place, with
52% we find Facebook, followed at a distance
by Twitter (25%). These sites are mainly used for
networking, followed by connecting with friends
and family, recruitment and looking for jobs. Plaxo
was very popular in Switzerland and used by 45%
of the respondents.
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Figure 4.3 How did you find your current role?
Professional contact / referral 29%
Recruitment company 15%
Internal promotion 14%
Internet job board 9%
Executive search firm 8%
Prof. networking site 4%
Print advertising 2% -
Internal recruiter 3%
Print advertising 7% Other 8%
networking by means of professional
networking sites, such as linkedin are very
popular to keep current on business trends
Company website 2% -
Figure 4.4 Methods you use to network
Conferences / conventions 57%
Professionals networking sites 54%
Social networking sites 36%
Higher level professionals 29%
Alumni associations 25%
Mentors and coaches 11%
Other 4%
None 6%
Figure 4.5 Resources most frequently used to stay abreast
of business trends
Networking 58%
Professional networking sites ( ) 52%
Professional associations 50%
Newspapers 46%
Trade journals 40%
Web based sources (blogs, eNewsletters) 40%
Social networking sites ( ,
) 22%
Government tax authorities 16%
Other 5%
None 3%