Crisis reduces executive mobility in 2010

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Déjà on 2009 this finding ét was damning, according to the very latest dataées from the Association pour l'emploi des cadres (Apec), only 5 % of executives thus changedé company in 2009, compared with 8 % the previous yearécéd. A level comparable to the yearsé2004 and 2005 and à barely higher à than those of 2002 and 2003.

Worse still, the proportion of executives who moved éfrom one company à to another without experiencing a period of unemployment éhas éhalved in one year, to 3 %. «Executives are more cautious» comments Éric Verhaeghe, President of Apec. À Conversely, the association notes in its étude made public today «an increase in more forced changes (redundancies or other) that are à initiated by the company».

Executives who have changed écompanies without a period of unemployment are younger éand more highly educated than the category as a whole. Characteristics that favor «the acquisition of new hierarchical éresponsibilities (…) and the increase in rémunération», according to Apec.

Internal mobility, meanwhile, has à remainedéstable. «19 % of executives experienced a change within their company last yearécompared with 20 % in 2008» reports Apec. A practice moreôconcentratedéin large companies, «less sensitive à to the economic situation», which took advantageé of the crisis to «retainétheir employees and strengthen their skillsét».

The only difference with 2008: internal mobility has été «more frequently à been initiated by the company as part of reorganizations or restructurings», notes Apec.

At the end of the day, twoéthirds of executives who benefitedéfrom a change of position within their company in 2009 say they are ratherésatisfied with the result. Only 12 % said they were «not satisfied at all». In addition, eight out of ten à êare happy if the change has été been carried outé in consultation with the company, in a non-coerced manner.

Sources APec

Sources APec