Professional Outlook, Inc. Recruiting Specialists

Students Worldwide Looking for Job Security

A recent study reveals that three-quarters of university students value job security to be more important than pay and benefits, when choosing an employer. Conducted by KPMG, the global network of professional services firms, the survey polled university students at a Berlin meeting of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), a global non-profit group active on college campuses.

Given the current economic environment, this shift away from career thinking is not surprising. In addition, over 50% of respondents would be interested in working internationally immediately after graduation; they obviously recognize that overseas opportunities are valuable for success in today’s global marketplace. (more…)

Professional Outlook, Inc. would like to announce the successful completion of the following searches in the last 30 days:

• Plant Engineer, Lanxess Corp.
• Project Engineer, Georgia Pacific
• Operations Leader, Stryker Medical
• Reliability Engineer, PCS Nitrogen
• Sr. Process Engineer, Nisseki Chemical
• Process Control Engineer, ERCO Worldwide

The completion of these searches once again solidifies Professional Outlook, Inc. as the premier search firm in the United States specializing in the placement of Engineers for the Refining, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Food, Beverage and related industries, as well as Environmental, Health, Safety, and Human Resource Professionals in the Manufacturing and Chemical Industries.

Our firm’s mission statement is to be exceptionally competitive and to achieve retainer-style results on a contingency fee basis by making a thorough evaluation of our clients’ corporate culture and maintaining long-term relationships with a deep and highly qualified candidate pool.  If we can add value to you or your firm in any way, simply respond to this e-mail and I will schedule a conference call within 48 hours to discuss your needs.

After a year of searching for a Senior Process Engineer for our refinery, we decided to turn to Professional Outlook as another source of candidates. Professional Outlook provided several strong candidates immediately and continued to refine the candidates they were presenting for our review to better match the unique skill sets we felt were important. They ended up providing the right candidate and assisted with closing the deal. We are very pleased with their service and effort to tailor to our needs and will continue to utilize their services.

~ Ronald Colwell
PE, Montana Refining Company, Inc.

Many of you have asked us about the hottest careers for the future. We found a study that was included in the Labor Department “Occupational Outlook Handbook” that actually studied which jobs would have the greatest increase from now until 2018. The following are some of the occupations in our areas of specialization with the largest percentage growth expected through 2018

OCCUPATION PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH

• Biomedical Engineers 72%
• Medical Scientists 40%
• Biochemists and Biophysicists 37%

The hot topic for this month is that there is GOOD economic news! The copper index is up and retail sales are also up by 10%. Consumer incomes have risen for six straight months and more people are “quitting” their jobs than those who were downsized or terminated. You might wonder what this has to do with you and your search for a new opportunity. These are all sound indicators that the economy is improving. When the economy improves companies begin to hire, which directly impacts your ability to land a new job. (more…)

Professional Outlook, Inc. would like to announce the successful placements of some of our outstanding candidates over the last month. Congratulations!

• Senior Inspector, Flint Hills Resources
• Environmental Engineer, Ascend Performance Materials
• Continuous Improvement Specialist, Health Care Client
• Process/Project Engineer, ERCO Worldwide
• Corp. Mechanical Integrity Manager, Enterprise Products (pipeline)
• Process Engineer, Marathon Oil

A note for Professionals:
The completion of these searches once again solidifies Professional Outlook, Inc. as the premier search firm in the United States specializing in the placement of Engineers for the Refining, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Food, Beverage and related industries, as well as Environmental, Health, Safety, and Human Resource Professionals in the Manufacturing and Chemical Industries.

A note for Employers:
Our firm’s mission statement is to be exceptionally competitive and to achieve retainer-style results on a contingency fee basis by making a thorough evaluation of our clients’ corporate culture and maintaining long-term relationships with a deep and highly qualified candidate pool. If we can add value to you or your firm in any way, simply respond to this e-mail and I will schedule a conference call within 48 hours to discuss your needs.

Fortunately, CEOs around the world do not share the waffling confidence among consumers in the United States. Of the 1,100 executives from 52 countries polled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for their 13th annual “Global CEO Survey”, almost 40% expect to add people in 2010. Only 25% expect further reductions in force.

In Brazil, a full 60% plan to increase their head counts, while in the Asia Pacific region and in Canada, about half of CEOs anticipate doing so. Only 39% of US CEOs expect to add staff; most (almost two-thirds) will increase modestly (5% or less).

The most encouraging statistic is that worldwide, 81% of CEOs are confident of their 2010 prospects (up from 64%) and only 18% remain pessimistic (down from 35%). Moreover, 31% of responding CEOs reported feeling “very confident” of their short-term prospects—an increase of 10 percentage points from 2009. (more…)