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Accounting & Finance Market Review 2022

Accounting & Finance Market Review 2022

Author: Iain McLeod – Accounting & Finance Recruitment Specialist within the Property, Funds, Wealth & Insurance Sectors. The 2021/2022 financial year was the busiest market we have ever experienced both as a business over the past 5 years and personally as a Specialist Accounting recruiter for the past 20 years. This is unlikely to change … Read more

6 Tips for when Hiring Accountants in a Candidate Short Market

6 Tips for when Hiring Accountants in a Candidate Short Market

For many years, the Accounting and Finance sector has relied on overseas migrants to provide additional headcount, dampen wage growth and plug the gap. With borders closed for the foreseeable future, we are likely to see a labour shortage of Accounting professionals for some time. Accounting and finance recruitment certainly can be challenging in this … Read more

2021 Outlook

2021 Outlook

The year has already started in earnest in what has been the busiest January/February period I can recall in recruitment. As in 2020, similar themes will play out until borders are reopened. The employment market will be busy; A recent employee survey found over 70% of people are open to a change of role in … Read more

Market Review 2020

Market Review 2020

Author: Iain McLeod – Accounting & Finance Recruitment Specialist within the Property, Funds, Wealth & Insurance Sectors. What can I say about 2020 that has not been covered already? It was a once in a lifetime collision of health, geopolitics and the global economy.  Neither the dot-com crash nor GFC stopped the employment market so … Read more

Job Applicant Tips

Job Applicant Tips

The current job market is competitive and for those who have not looked for a new job for a while, the landscape has changed the past 5 to 10 years. Social media has made the world a much smaller place and virtual hiring has made the process less personal than it once was. Tips to … Read more

8 Reasons You Should be Hiring Temporary Contractors for a successful business.

8 Reasons You Should be Hiring Temporary Contractors for a successful business

Several clients have approached us recently with questions around hiring a temporary contractor vs a permanent employee. The main concern being that temporary staff are a waste of time and effort, however this is quite the opposite. If you are not using temps, your business is probably losing out. Here are 8 reasons why. Super-fast … Read more