The End is Nigh
There comes a time in our lives when we must sit back and evaluate the future and what it holds for us personally; and that is something I have been doing for a number of months now.
As a person who spends a lot of time offering solutions to other people with regard to their career and how to improve their lot and prospects I have neglected my own future a little bit.
After a lot of thought and a few sleepless nights I have decided that after 21 very successful and rewarding years as a Search and Career consultant it is time to hang up the phone and turn off the email.
From the end of December 2016 our phones will no longer work, email will not be replied to and post will be returned.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my working career despite all the ups and downs. I started in banking working for the then London Trustee Savings Bank in Cheapside and various branches around London and Kent. This was followed by a number of years with American Express International Banking Corporation in Waterloo Place London. Here I learnt international banking and made many good friends, alas some are no longer with us.
After a stint as a contractor I joined the then, small, Industrial Bank of Japan, London Branch on the ground floor of the now demolished Bucklersbury House in Walbrook London. We moved to the 9th floor some years later then to Friday Street, a building I was never comfortable with.
My time with IBJ was very interesting, first of all the cultural differences between Japanese and English was quite a shock; but once you accepted there would always be differences we got on very well. The Japanese were always fair and on the whole good employers who would listen to ideas and slowly come round to your way of thinking.
Once again I made many friends at IBJ most of them I am still in contact with and a lot are also reaching or have reached retirement. So hello to all current and ex-IBJ staff.
On leaving banking I set up my own company carrying out search and selection services to many of the large international banks around the world; with customers from London, to Hong Kong and South Africa.
During the last 21 years we have helped countless people to advance their career placing them with a different company doing the same job or by helping them re-launch their career in a completely different direction.
Many have kept in contact and used us again, either to advance their career again or asked us to help them find those hidden candidates to fill a position within their new organisation. Others have never called us again, despite the free help and support we gave them; but that is the nature of people.
So from the end of 2016 our database will be wiped and communication will be cut.
Should anyone feel they wish to take on the mantle of the company then feel free to drop me a line, I am open to negotiations.
My LinkedIn account will still be open as will my Facebook account.
Once again my thanks to everyone who helped me or used our services over the last 21 years and I hope all your future career aspirations are successful.
Rick Fuggle
