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The misguided job search tactics of the alpha male
Being an alpha male can be a good thing. Alpha males are confident, natural leaders. They’re usually intelligent. They’re analytical and they’re doers. Lloyds is so keen to turn its employees into alpha males, it’s reportedly sent them on a course titled, ‘Hunter-Gatherers in the Corporate Jungle,’ where they’ve been equipped with alpha male traits. [...]
10 tips for getting hired when nobody seems to be hiring
For anyone who has been searching for a financial job for more than a few weeks, the dreary and continued drain on time, effort, energy and spirit make it sometimes difficult to stay with it. You begin to wonder if you’ll ever get a job. Is anyone even hiring? To break the spell, there are [...]
3 pieces of important advice for all the AIB staff facing redundancy
With another two weeks of waiting to go (according to a spokesperson at IBOA, the finance union), staff at Allied Irish Bank are apparently still waiting for their redundancy terms to be announced. If you’re one of the 2,500 AIB staff in danger of losing your job (or who’s taken voluntary redundancy), what should you [...]
7 facts that you’ll need to assimilate if you’re going to get a job in banking now
In the event that you’re seeking a gloom-laden metaphor to describe the current state of the banking industry, Bloomberg news has the answer. It’s spoken to Kevin Conn, an analyst at Massachusetts Financial Services Co, who says banking is in a situation similar to the setting of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction story The Long Rain, [...]
Resilience: the new super-differentiator for financial services careers
Difficult times call for a different set of skills. With very good and even exceptional people finding it difficult to find new jobs or get back into the market, it’s no longer simply about being exemplary at what you do (although this is also important): it’s about having the will to keep on doing it [...]
How you can tell if a recruiter’s jobs are real
There aren’t as many jobs around as there were. Even recruiters say so. At the last count, Morgan McKinley said London financial services jobs were down 57% year-on-year in March 2012; Astbury Marsden thought they fell 11% month-on-month. But recruiters and headhunters have to do something. Many are still out there, soliciting candidates, making calls. [...]
GUEST COMMENT: Things to do as soon as you find you’ve been laid off
If you’ve found yourself part of the recent round of City layoffs, or suspect you’re about to be made redundant, take heart. Although the initial shock can be difficult to deal with, it’s not that bad. From personal experience, life moves on and other opportunities exist, even in the middle of what seems to be [...]
GUEST COMMENT: This is why you should use a recruitment consultant when you’re looking for a job in Ireland
You may argue that we are biased, but there are many valid reasons for using a recruitment consultancy – in Ireland and elsewhere – when you’re looking for a new job. Most importantly, many professionals will not want to approach companies directly for fear of losing confidentiality and exposing themselves as someone who is not [...]
GUEST COMMENT: The three things you should never do whilst networking
As you will know if you have read much at all on the best method of finding a new job, networking is invaluable. A large majority of new roles come not from recruiters, not from online applications, but from candidates’ networks. To the uninitiated, networking may seem little more than chatting with friends and mentioning [...]
Things you should be asking for when a pay rise is off the table
Bonus is now a dirty word in Ireland and there are few financial services organisations that are willing (or able) to offer their employees pay rises. Even in the funds sector, which is considered among the most buoyant in Ireland, there’s little in the way of salary inflation despite an increase in opportunities. So, if [...]
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