Treasury Recruitment Blog
We make recruitment simple, break down treasury industry trends, and share clear, actionable advice for both job-seekers and employers alike.
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31 October 2020
‘Mike knows my achievements and the clients who need me.’ An interview with Stephen Long; Ex Group Treasurer, Williams Lea Tag How did you and Mike Richards, CEO of The Treasury Recruitment Company meet? Mike Richards and I first met [...]
20 October 2020
You have a LinkedIn profile: Now what? You created a profile on LinkedIn, so you probably think your skills and experience speak for themselves. Here’s the thing – they don’t! I was very pleased to be asked to speak [...]
7 October 2020
In this article we talk about some of the best and the worst resumes and how your resume is simply a passport to getting an interview. The first tool in your recruitment toolbox is your resume. There is so much [...]
1 October 2020
I have an aversion to the Personal Statement that so many people love at the beginning of their CV’s / resumes! Allow me to explain why! I often read phrases like ‘I am an enthusiastic, keen, motivated employee and every [...]
23 September 2020
Hiring is critical to every company’s future and with 73% of CEOs citing skills shortages at crisis levels, organisations can no longer expect talent to come to them. Gone are the days of simply posting a job advert and waiting [...]
22 September 2020
So there you are, sitting in your 6 month performance review and your manager asks you "what are your career objectives for the next 12 months?" Oh!? - you think. Well, I wasn't really planning that far ahead. Even if [...]
16 September 2020
We’re bringing you something a little different in this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, where I interview our very own Craig Martin about the current state of the US Treasury recruitment market. It’s more of a quick-fire interview [...]
12 September 2020
Today’s treasury demands a whole new set of skills alongside the traditional ones. How do you build a strategic treasury? What are the key characteristics you should look for in new hires and existing team members? How does the best [...]
11 September 2020
Recently we hired some guys who are new to the world of treasury and they wanted to understand as quickly as possible the world of corporate treasury and treasury recruitment. The first thing I did was to give them a [...]
10 September 2020
To help our clients, attract treasury staff we often support them in evaluating and generally rewriting their Job Descriptions. We encounter three major mistakes in the Job Descriptions that we receive. They are; forgetting your target audience making it a [...]
10 September 2020
I originally titled this article as “Writing the Perfect Job Description” but I had the niggling feeling I get when I know something is wrong. I call it the itch at the “back of my head” moment. Why? Because I [...]
9 September 2020
Over the past 18 years, I have seen the world of recruitment change beyond belief! Today, I find it hard to imagine that I even knew a life before LinkedIn and question how I ever managed to do my job [...]
4 February 2020
Adopting an intelligent interview strategy during any hiring process is critical to success. Here is an example where one of our clients got it very wrong and nearly lost out on their perfect candidate! We have recently been recruiting for [...]
4 February 2020
I spoke at the Chicago Treasurers Conference, my third US speaking session in recent years, talking about the US Treasury Recruitment market. Since reopening our US office in 2012, I have discovered some major differences compared to the UK and [...]
9 January 2020
Our CEO and founder, Mike Richards has sat down with Arturo from Kantox, to discuss how treasury roles are changing, whether automation will replace treasurers and more... Arturo: Are treasury roles becoming more strategic? Mike: I often hear this phrase [...]
6 January 2020
It’s hard to believe that not so long ago it would be more common than not for people to work for one company their entire careers – from the day they left school, to the day they retired. Today, that [...]
5 March 2018
Looking for some treasury recruitment advice? In this video, I give my top tips about what to do when you are actually there in the interview itself. It can be a nerve-racking, but with the right practice and advice you [...]
30 October 2017
What Do Treasury Candidates Want? The current political and economic landscape has created a certain amount of trepidation amongst treasury candidates. Let’s face it, treasury professionals prefer certainty, they like to manage risk, not put themselves at risk! For this [...]
1 February 2017
In 2016 my goal was to meet and talk to as many international Treasury professionals as possible and so I decided to embark on an International tour which I called the “It’s All About You!” Roadshow. The Roadshow started at [...]
11 November 2015
I am often asked what key skills do CFO’s and Finance Directors look for when they are recruiting a Group Treasurer? As their recruiter they must be the same thing? Actually no – they are not the same. When I [...]
11 November 2015
This is a follow-up article to "Will Resigning Now Help You Secure A New Role Sooner". We were asked by one of our candidates whether she should resign sooner rather than later? In the article "Will Resigning Now Help You [...]
9 October 2015
OK so Einstein didn’t say that the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result” but many of our clients seem to follow this rule despite us trying to coach them otherwise! [...]
