After a global restructuring brought them back into the job market, this Managing Director engaged Horton International Hungary for executive career transition advisory and leadership coaching. Through structured executive job search support and professional repositioning, they successfully navigated their transition and identified new leadership opportunities.

Key outcomes

• Successfully navigated senior executive career transition

• Repositioned CV and LinkedIn profile to reflect executive-level value

• Developed clear career goals and structured job search strategy

• Learned new networking approaches and job search channels

“I felt how this turned from a potential crisis into a gateway to new opportunities.”

We have known Sándor for several years, and he has provided professional support for the development of our team on two occasions in the selection of senior managers. I found him to be an excellent professional and advisor who prioritised a deep understanding of the organisation and context, and then responded to specific challenges with the candidates.

During our successful and supportive collaboration, I developed a strong sense of trust in him, so there was no question in my mind that if I got stuck in my own career path, I could confidently turn to him for help. I had been on a steadily growing career path in the organisation for more than ten years, but a global reorganisation brought me back to the job market after a long time. I felt that this task would be completely different as a senior manager than my last serious job search at the team leader level, and I saw the risk of going it alone as too great. A situation like this involves a lot of decisions—I needed someone I trusted as a person, who could provide challenges and direction as a coach, help me make decisions in consciously structuring the process, and give me credible feedback on the quality of my documents, behavior, and performance.

It was very reassuring to talk to Sándor about these things. Going through the change was sometimes emotionally difficult, even though I knew rationally that it was natural. I felt how this turned from a potential crisis into a gateway to new opportunities for me, for which I am extremely grateful. I found our work together to be very informative and forward-looking: consciously setting my goals, completely rethinking my resume and LinkedIn profile to be more customer-oriented, and then the key points of interviewing. I learned about new networking and search channels that I would not have thought of on my own.

I embarked on my search with confidence and a sense of preparedness during a period of uncertainty for me, which was key to being able to be natural and bring out the best in myself.

I would like to thank Sándor for his outstanding support, and I highly recommend him to anyone who is looking for ways to become the best candidate!

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