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5 ways to spot a failing company BEFORE you join

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The content provides valuable, actionable advice on a topic highly relevant to the target audience (career-focused individuals). The "red flag" format is easily digestible and shareable, and the creator's authority as a "c-suite headhunter" lends credibility.

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A c-suite headhunter shares five red flags to look for when considering a new company, such as a high number of contractors, refusal to share financial numbers, a strange hiring process pace, a role being open for too long, and high employee turnover. She advises viewers to trust their gut and use these tips to make more certain career decisions.

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1Introduction: 5 red flags for failing companies
2Red flag 1: High number of contractors
3Red flag 2: Unwillingness to share company numbers
4Red flag 3: Unusual hiring process pace
5Red flag 4: Role has been open for an extended period
6Red flag 5: High employee turnover
7Conclusion: Trust your instincts and follow for more tips

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5 ways to spot a failing company BEFORE you join from a c-suite headhunter who advises CEOs on their careers for a living 💅 here are my top red flags... 1. there are "contractors" EVERYWHERE freelancers in an early startup? normal and fine as the business gets off the ground the whole senior team on contracts, with no one on PAYE? if they try to offer you the same, ask why immediately that's either a structural or a cash flow problem, not a hiring choice 2. they won't show you the numbers unless they're mid-sale and not closed... refusing to share top line revenue, or monthly sales, is honestly a little strange you're allowed to vet a business before you join and i would encourage you to do so... (follow along girly, there's plenty more career tips like this i share every day) 💅 3. the process moves at a weird pace one week start to offer reads desperate months and months means the senior stakeholders aren't ALIGNED on what this role even is !! either way you shouldn't feel... pressure to sign quickly, no matter what they say ✍️ 4. the role has been open forever always ask how long it's been live and if it has been a minute, ask why usually the scope keeps SHIFTING because they can't define or agree it no clarity before you join means no clarity after and if no one understands why you're there or what you're doing, your role will be the first one at risk if it comes to redundancies 5. people are leaving *too* frequently resignations the week you start sudden exits, quiet redundancies that's organisational CHAOS and we all know about first in, first out 🤢 you'll NEVER be 100% sure (and this is NOT legal or contractual advice) but save for later and follow my other tips and you'll walk in a lot more certain 🙏 i'm daria, i'm a c-suite headhunter and i turn what i see in hiring into advice for the girlies building BIG careers 💅

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most people are so focused on whether the company wants them, they forget to ask if they actually want the company 👀 after years of placing senior leaders, these are the 5 things i always make sure i check before i let them sign anything, and you know what, they apply to ALL levels! none of them show up in the job spec, but ALL of them tell you how the business is really doing 🫶🏼 which are your biggest red flags?! 🚩 #careeradvice #careertips #resignation #quitting #corporatelife