About this episode

Alisha Hook discusses the evolving job market and trends affecting experienced professionals.

Alisha Hook spent 25 years in talent acquisition and HR before founding Your Career Edge to coach professional reinvention. Her career coaching and fractional talent consultancy is based in Melbourne and works both sides of the hiring desk. Alisha explains three trends reshaping the job market for experienced professionals: job hugging, where people hold onto roles out of fear rather than satisfaction; peek-a-boo jobs, where listings vanish within days under high applicant volumes; and anti-...

People in this episode

Host: Nigel Rawlins

Guest: Alisha Hook

Topics covered

• career coaching
• job market trends
• professional reinvention
• talent acquisition
• HR

Keywords

• career coaching
• job market
• talent acquisition
• professional reinvention
• HR trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Your Career Edge

Places: Melbourne

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