Monthly Archives: October 2012

Thursday 11th October 2012 Good representation is essential when the job hunt is on Annabel Palmer THE recruitment profession has acquired a bad name over the past few years – a consequence of the commoditisation of the process, a decline in the quality of customer service and a shrinking of the jobs market. Committing to give a portion of your salary to a recruitment agency may be a hard pill to swallow but it is not without its advantages. Going through a recruiter gives you an ambassador in the marketplace: someone who will “scrutinise your CV, prepare you for interviews, provide inside [...]

False dawn? A return to the good old days? Whichever term you use to describe the current market the one thing for defnite is that since a quiet summer, for all of the well-known reasons - holidays, the Olympics, a general market downturn, the euro's travails etc - the market has definitely picked up and we're seeing demand across most product ranges and geographies. Of particular interest at present are candidates who understand hedge funds from a sales, RM or product perspective. Additionally, Global RMs / Global Account managers are required in a number of locations as are folks who know the [...]