Howard Nestler Cautions Management Level Executives about Sabotaging their Careers

Howard Nestler, CEO of Executive Options, addressed a gathering of management level executives about the dangers of inadvertent sabotage to their careers when conducting a job search.

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 18, 2007 -- Howard Nestler, CEO of Executive Options, addressed a gathering of management level executives about the dangers of inadvertent sabotage to their careers when conducting a job search.

"There is a corporate pecking order," Nestler says. "When a man or woman reaches a certain moment in their career, it is felt that they should have attained a certain position. Part of the equation is that they shouldn't be wandering the corporate landscape in search of shelter. In other words, they should be in demand."

Part of the problem complicating matters for a talented executive is a recent corporate trend towards consolidating, downsizing and out-sourcing. There exists, as a result, a job market that is saturated with talent at the highest levels.

"Therefore, a management level executive cannot afford to do anything in conducting a job search that makes him look like a lower-echelon employee or, for that matter, someone who is available because he or she had not been valuable enough for their last employer to retain." Nestler admits this is a tough-as-nails observation, however, he says. "Only when you can visualize the problem through the eyes of a potential employer can you inform an effective and rewarding campaign that will ensure a viable future."

Obviously, no one would knowingly sabotage their efforts to find their next engagement. "It's what one doesn't know that can add months to a search or preclude one from getting the kind of job that would inspire."

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