The career centre launches - Three E - UK-wide executive survey

The Career Centre Limited today launches a UK-wide study to establish how many senior business executives are un or under employed and have untapped skills that could help SMEs.

The ìThree Eî survey at www.thecareercentre.co.uk/onlinesurvey will reveal the scale of the available ëresource poolí in terms energy, enthusiasm and experience.

Phase One of this not-for-profit survey aims to discover how many male and female executives meet the criteria, where they are located, and how they could help SMEs grow and avoid common pitfalls.

Phase Two will see the launch of a ìmatching serviceî which brings together suitable executives with companies that need strategic and financial assistance. Employers will use an online database to search for executives registered at www.experiencedexecutives.co.uk who meet their individual requirements and interim managers registered at www.internationalinterims.co.uk.

The Career Centre will also lobby for a national strategy to establish tax advantages for experienced executives and managers who support the scheme, and will try to remove the barriers to participation.

Executives can expect to receive 50K plus for their new roles under the scheme, which may take the form of part time directorships, consultancy assignments or ìinterim managementî jobs where they are brought into a company to fulfil a short term brief.

Christopher Kirkham-Sandy of The Career Centre comments: ìThe competitive performance of UK SMEs continues to be affected by the lack of available, experienced management. Yet there are literally thousands of executives who are under employed: most are in their 50s or 60s and many are willing to offer their time and skills and personal investment. We need to tap this bank of energy and enthusiasm to help smaller businesses realise their potential and avoid reinventing the wheel.î

îAt present, no-one knows how many executives fall into the category of un or under employed. The Government would rather not explore this area as the answers could add a tricky touch of reality to the employment figures!î