Why women in senior roles are switching jobs and a perfect executive CV
In this week's Hanover Talent Insights:
??♀? discover my women in senior roles are switching jobs
?? learn how to create a strong and authentic financial services CV
?? join us in welcoming our newest team member, Megha Maria Kumar
Why women in senior roles are switching jobs
Currently, there’s a lot of?movement at senior level?for a number of reasons. These include a change in the requirements of executive leaders and C-suite members, the need for digital, technological, and transformational capabilities, and the increasing numbers of companies diversifying into new or more markets.
But there are other reasons why women specifically at the senior level are moving jobs, as I explore below. In?McKinsey’s recent “Women in the Workplace” report, which is the inspiration for this article, they state three main reasons that women leaders are switching jobs:
Women in leadership stats
Those three reasons show that women still have a battle to face for real equity in leadership, but - in the US at least - we are heading in the right direction.
In January 2023, it was announced that?women CEOs run more than 10% of Fortune 500 companies?for the first time ever. In 2002, this figure was?less than 2%. Of course, while this feels like something to be celebrated, it does mean that 90% of Fortune 500 CEOs are men…
In financial services specifically, the?proportion of women in leadership?is 24%. This is projected to grow to 28% by 2030 - a figure that’s still very far from being equal.
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ONLINE EVENT: ‘The Perfect Executive CV for Financial Services’
Your Executive CV is the passport to your professional future. The right one will bypass the technology and the initial 5-second human scan to earmark you for your target role. Isn’t that what a great CV is all about? Writing your own CV doesn’t come naturally. Everyone benefits from fresh eyes, perspective and industry insight. Your Executive CV must articulate your distinctive skills and attributes in a way that shows the value you bring to your future employer. With fewer open roles in the market, it’s never been more important to understand what recruiters look for in a senior financial services CV, overhaul your CV and have your burning questions answered.
In this one-hour masterclass, learn Executive CV writing tips and strategies from Victoria McLean formerly of Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, who has helped over 20,000 candidates secure their dream role. Victoria has developed a nuanced and strategic approach, which fuses market knowledge with a deep understanding of recruitment techniques to help build your personal brand and create a compelling executive CV story.
Learn how to create a strong and authentic financial services CV which will get you noticed for the right reasons. Expertise and insider knowledge gathered from years of international CV writing and recruiting will be shared, including:
WELCOME TO HANOVER
Hanover's team has recently gained a new, highly valuable member. We'd like to officially welcome on board our newest Partner, Megha Maria Kumar .
Megha has joined Hanover as a Partner within the wealth management team, bringing with her 14 years of experience covering the private banking sector. Her focus is on the UK and international front office space, predominantly within the Middle East. She has led on a wide variety of senior mandates, hiring individuals and teams for the world’s largest private wealth managers, regional banks and family offices ranging from C-suite to Director level. She has worked on assignments based in London, Switzerland, Asia and the Middle East. Megha also provides strategic advice & consultancy services to her clients around diversity of the work force, succession planning and competitor analysis. A graduate from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a degree in Economics, Megha has also had previous work experience in global markets at HSBC.