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 shopping list closing the gate Yes, it is an Audience It should sell as much [...]
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 CFO's see the [...]
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 for the right candidates to find you. Recruitment has changed; the way candidates look for [...]
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 [...]
We were thrilled to be recruiting for one of the biggest and most recognised names in luxury fashion in New York, but it was not 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 [...]
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 [...]
The war for talent rages on, attracting and retaining the right talent has never been more important and is central to a company’s ability to succeed. Gone are the days where the perfect CV just lands on your desk or when you do find the perfect candidate, you are the only company they are considering. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 a privately-owned company based in a rural location in the North of England. They were [...]
