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Career prospects for consultants

16 April 2018 - Silvie van den Berg

Are you curious about your career opportunities? Perhaps the job market is desperate for people with your work experience. You may have to put in a little more effort for that beautiful next step.  

You hear the sounds everywhere. The labor market is very tight. However, that does not mean that there are many vacancies for all professions. Do you work in healthcare or IT, Career opportunities for consultants then you're in good shape. For example, if you want to work as a secretary or childcare leader, there is more competition lurking. If you search in Google, you will find the graphs with the promising professions, such as on the website of the UWV.     Do you work as an intermediary? Then you might be curious about your career prospects.

Opportunities for recruiters

It is a logical consequence of the overall situation on the labor market: there is a high demand for recruiters. Whether or not you are fine with that, of course, depends on your interests and skills. Do you want to grow in the direction of recruitment?   And in what kind of environment? Are you a master in online recruitment, or do you get energy from a selection interview at a high level? Recruiters are in particular in demand for the IT, construction and healthcare sectors. Recruiters at the HBO level are especially popular, closely followed by recruiters at the MBO level. There is considerably less demand for academically trained recruiters. Do you have affinity with the sectors in which a lot of staff is required? Then you can assume that your career prospects are good.

What is your career wish?

But what do you want for yourself? Do you want to develop further in the direction of recruitment? We already mentioned it in an earlier blog about 'follow-up jobs after the temporary employment sector' : the job of an intermediary is of course extremely versatile, and you can go in all kinds of directions afterwards. Your interest and ambition are decisive; does commerce, HR, recruitment or independent entrepreneurship beckon? The world is at your feet