I am often asked if CFOs are looking to recruit Treasurers that are more technically qualified. I'm also asked if qualified accountants are also qualified Treasurers by default, and if I'm seeing a rise in demand for qualifications. I'm not necessarily seeing a rise in demand, it depends on how companies and CFOs see [...]
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 without emails and only hand-written faxes to use – yes, I’m that old! But in [...]
We were thrilled to be recruiting for one of the biggest and most recognised names in luxury brands in New York, but it wasn’t easy! Like many other high-profile businesses, when it comes to attracting talent there is limited cause for concern. The number of applications received daily for any role posted by their HR [...]
If you were to ask any business out there today what their biggest challenge is for the year ahead, you're likely to get the same answer: finding good people. In fact, a recent survey by Glassdoor revealed that 76% of hiring decision makers said that attracting quality candidates was their number one challenge. After years [...]
‘Mike knows my achievements and the clients who need me.’ An interview with Stephen Long; Group Treasurer, Williams Lea Tag How did you and Mike Richards, CEO of The Treasury Recruitment Company meet? Mike Richards and I first met when he worked at Robert Walters back in 1999. I’d been working in Banking and corporate [...]
Mike Richards, CEO and founder of the Treasury Recruitment Co, discusses the current state of the recruitment market, the impacts of technology on treasurers’ roles, and why promoting knowledge is so important to career development. Mike Richards, CEO and founder of the Treasury Recruitment Co, has more than 20 years’ experience in treasury recruitment, [...]
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Client demand for more flexible solutions to manpower staffing issues has increased rapidly over the past few years as many treasurers have had a difficult time convincing CFOs to commit resource to permanent recruitment solutions. The downside of this has been that many interim roles have been more routine often lacking challenge and/or interest [...]
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 at a variety of conferences as well as in the specialised finance media. As an example, [...]
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 reason, many treasury professionals can be reluctant to explore job opportunities often taking the ‘better [...]
