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Coronavirus: Impacts To The Financial Services Job Market
While the economy modifies and adapts to the new reality, I want to give a quick update on our observations of the financial services job market. Even though financial institutions have been hit hard by coronavirus, in many ways the day-to-day operations activity is at an all time high. The output across investments, marketing, administration,…
Read MoreVideo Job Interview Tips – Dress Well, Tidy The Room And No Cats :-)
Landed a video job interview in the current crisis? I have recently interviewed candidates with an unmade bed, clutter in the background, dressed in a t-shirt and cats walking around. Naturally, this is quite distracting and weakens the interview. Great jobs are always hard to come by, even more so currently, so don’t risk appearing…
Read MoreFinancial Services Job Market Update – Jan To March 2020
What a difference a pandemic can make. Coming off our busiest December period in memory, the abundance of work flowed into the new year before easing in February. Some of our clients have taken a conservative approach during March and suspended recruitment activity even for processes that were in very advanced stages. By contrast, other…
Read MoreTips On How To On-board New Staff And Contractors During COVID-19 – Working From Home
So, you’ve managed to hire a new team member during these unprecedented times and are now faced with the challenge of onboarding them in a virtual sense. The team at Kaizen are currently faced with this challenge as are several of our clients who are either crying out for resources to cater for increased customer…
Read More2020 Job Market Outlook For Investment Performance Analysts
Over the course of 2019, we saw an increase in demand for performance analysts – largely driven by superannuation funds from growing internalisation of middle office functions, and increased regulatory pressure for transparency in performance returns. We expect this trend to continue in 2020. We are also seeing asset owners and managers outsource aspects of…
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