Most career advice comes from people who've never hired anyone.

I spent 20 years as a headhunter. I took recruitment briefs from CEOs, sat with hiring managers deciding who makes the shortlist, and worked through the politics of senior hires with HR, boards and the C-suite. I ran executive search mandates for Shell, HSBC, Google, Microsoft, LVMM, GE and many others across EMEA and globally, working with 90+ of the world's top 100 companies. I was retained by GE to cover the entire Middle East and Africa region. I've placed executives in every country across both.

After reviewing hundreds of thousands of CVs and LinkedIn profiles over two decades, I know exactly what makes a recruiter stop scrolling and what gets skipped in seconds.
Now I show senior professionals how hiring actually works. From the perspective of someone who did it for a living.

Two-thirds of senior roles are never advertised. Most people don't know that. I build the positioning, the materials and the market access strategy that gets you into the other two-thirds.

I work with Directors, VPs and C-suite executives navigating career transitions, redundancy or strategic repositioning. My clients come from the Big 4, FTSE 100, global pharma, energy majors and financial services.

What I deliver:
● Bespoke CV architecture (strategic repositioning, not rewriting)
● LinkedIn positioning that makes headhunters come to you
● Hidden job market access strategy
● Career direction clarity using my Plan A/B/C framework
● Interview strategy and negotiation positioning

If you want to do it yourself: thedeliberatecareer.com (same frameworks, self-directed)

If you want it built with you: carruthers-consulting.com

I've been on LinkedIn since 2005 and placing executives for even longer. Most career coaches weren't in the industry when I started. If you're a professional who can't understand why your phone isn't ringing, that gap in experience is probably the reason the advice you've been following hasn't worked.

Carruthers Consulting

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