4 changes in 30 years still shaping recruitment in SA financial services
The scope and rate of transformation today is so intense that it can be easy to overlook that things have always been changing, often radically. Just over three decades ago, when businesses were still sending faxes, the country made the stunning change to a democratic government, setting in motion the long journey to heal, restore […]
Hiring demand in Asset Management still high and resolute
As we come close to the end of another post-pandemic year, many of my clients are asking me whether hiring has been increasing or decreasing across the industry. There were predictions that the widespread hiring freezes, put in place during the worst of the pandemic, could take years to thaw. That didn’t happen. Despite the […]
Hiring for culture-fit: How can asset managers get this right?
In her latest column, Phryne Williams examines how to find the right candidates to either fit or change a corporate culture. View this Article on LinkedIn Organisational culture was once widely accepted as abstract, intangible and indefinable – akin to a person’s charisma. You can’t exactly say what this ethereal ‘thing’ is, but you can […]
Asset management hiring practices are not keeping up with a changing world
In her latest column for Citywire, Phryne Williams looks at the challenges asset management firms face in hiring – and retaining – scarce, tech-focused skills. View this Article on LinkedIn In 26 years of recruiting in the investment industry, I have never seen such a high volume of hiring as today. And, unfortunately, a lot […]
How will asset managers find the future skills they need when they are unsure what to look for?
View this Article on LinkedIn By now everyone is aware that the transformation to processes driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is a journey. And no one has yet been able to describe the destination. What we do know is that the transformation to the human-and-machine workforce is inevitable. It will bring […]
Thinking twice about the counter-offer
By the time you decide to accept the offer of a new job, you have already put a significant and clear distance between yourself and your current employer. You believe that all that’s left is for you to resign, pack up and say goodbye before entering the new chapter of your career that you have decided would be good for you. When it’s time to resign, you will have probably visualised how you want this last stage to go, thought about what you will say and imagined how you will feel.
Why you should Pay Attention to the Candidate Experience
In the world before social media, you advertised a position; tediously sorted through a pile of CV’s; staged an exhausting run of person to person interviews with candidates on the shortlist; and hopefully, picked one; never to hear from the rest again…