INDUSTRY UPDATE- Hospitality Other than perhaps the airlines, no other industry has been hit as hard by the pandemic as the hospitality industry. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) cites industry job losses in the US in the millions at the beginning of 2020. (See source including Chart 1.) However,...

INDUSTRY UPDATE: e-Commerce – November 2021 Introduction to e-Commerce Do you actually remember a world without the internet? According to one source, e-commerce was invented about 40 years ago—even before the internet via dial-up modems. (See source.) Along the way, some important milestones...

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Energy Energy Perspective: Change is in the Air If change represents opportunity, then this is a great time to be in the energy industry. Let us highlight some of the key challenges driving these transformations. To summarize: Climate change has mutated from a threat to a reality....

Industry Update: Venture Capital and Private Equity It is a fact that the current business environment has been difficult for some industrial sectors while allowing others to flourish.  Clearly, venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) belong to the latter group. “Global venture capital investments...

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Management Consulting Management Consulting Admittedly, Management Consulting is a rather broad field. So let’s begin with a little definition according to LinkedIn. (The specific geography we are reviewing is US, EU, UK, and the Middle East.) There are 105,600 executives as we define...

INDUSTRY UPDATE – Big Tech Big Tech Companies Technology is a big subject and one very close to our hearts here at the Barrett Group, among other reasons because it is the co-equal top industry where our clients land executive appointments (along with financial services). We expect to look into...

INDUSTRY UPDATE- Information Technology Information Technology – US and EU/UK The critical importance of Information Technology (IT) in business is obvious in the meantime. So it is no wonder that IT has achieved its own C-level status in the form of CTOs and CIOs, etc. in the last few decades....

INDUSTRY UPDATE- Health Industry Future Trends Editor’s Note: Given the plethora of sectors and data sources, a single prediction exceeds our immediate capabilities. However, there are multiple sources that all predict significant growth and innovation in the health industry and pharmaceutical segment....

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Financial Services Editor’s Note: In this Industry Update “executives” will generally refer to the CEO, CFO, COO, and Vice President titles only. Unless otherwise noted, the data in this Update will largely come from LinkedIn. The data represents a snapshot of the market as it was...

INDUSTRY UPDATE: Manufacturing The Barrett Group serves executives internationally in clarifying their career objectives. We help them discover the professional opportunities of their choice. We employ a five-step career change system. It has proven extremely effective over the last three decades....