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Human Resources
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30 Aug 2024
Will there be the 'Annual September Hiring Surge'?
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The Recruitment market certainly has cooled off substantially over the past 12 months. But given the age profile of those in employment we e...
29 Aug 2024
Taxes to rise in UK - what should you do?
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Taxes will soon be increased on a range of incomes, revenues, in the United Kingdom. So it is incumbent on individuals as well as businesses...
21 Nov 2022
FTX collapse - First Impressions count
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It is amazing how many - often sophisticated and highly intelligent - market professionals disregarded the warning signs. When meeting new p...
13 Jan 2022
Working from Home - Misleading Survey
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A good example of an opinion survey that may have unintended consequences is provided here: "A survey by the recruiter Morgan McKinley ...
20 Apr 2021
Credit Suisse troubles due to wrong Leadership Development
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Media Pundits and Deal Makers are keen to give free advice to Credit Suisse - sell this, spin off that - especially with reference to its As...
27 Jul 2020
Wuhan Virus turns City into a Ghost Town
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One piece of consolation, the cities that want to steal London's crown will not be in a much different position, what price an office t...
6 Mar 2019
Pay Gap reporting - nothing but an Employment Scheme?
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Ever since Pay Reporting for senior Executives became standard practice (and started an upward spiral of executive compensation) virtue sign...
21 Dec 2017
Beware of Age Discrimination with targeted Ads
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Facebook job ads allow age discrimination lawsuit claims (Marketwatch)
13 Oct 2017
Deutsche Bank: Lacks top managers
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This article points to a weakness in the bank's staff development program. It should be one of the key - if not the key - responsibiliti...
13 Sept 2017
MUFG said to pick Amsterdam for Securities Base after Brexit
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The Securities Diaspora gathers pace. There is only the little problem of human 'resources' to consider. While Japanese and Expats f...
30% of Bank Jobs May Disappear in Next Five Years - Former Citi CEO
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Vikram Pandit, who ran Citigroup Inc. during the financial crisis, said developments in technology could see some 30 percent of banking jobs...
14 Jun 2017
NYC proposes to prohibit asking candidates about current salary
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Not clear why Messrs. Schwarzman (Blackstone) and Corbat (Citigroup) would have any objection. All prospective employers need to know is wha...
13 Apr 2017
Compensation: Excessive focus on individual performance dangerous
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Compensation based on share price development? This is contrary to all sensible pay schemes and one of the main contributing factors to exce...
16 Mar 2017
Disclosing your Salary to prospective Employer?
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This is why you shouldn’t lie to a future employer about your salary
13 Mar 2017
How can I make performance reviews less painful for all concerned?
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There was a time when people knew each other and box-ticking exercises were not necessary, O tempora o mores! Managing relationships with co...
26 May 2016
Employee Evaluation - when Common Sense and Human Touch go AWOL
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Numerical rankings were already an idea from hell. Trying to achieve precision - am I number 6 or number 7 on the Goldman Sachs list? - is i...
1 May 2016
Credit Suisse CEO without Banking Experience
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Can it make any sense to appoint someone to lead a bank when the person has no specific experience in the industry? Recent moves by regulato...
11 Sept 2014
Succession planning at Santander - an example to follow
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Yesterday's announcement of the death of Emilio Botin, the man behind the immense growth of Banco Santander over the pa...
9 May 2014
Barclays: how not to manage a business
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Announcing that the number of jobs in the investment banking unit will be cut by 25 per cent over the next three years is as bad a decision ...
21 Mar 2014
Celebrity Fund Managers can be an Achilles Heel
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Relying on Celebrity Fund Managers can be risky even for the most prominent Fund Management House. Recent changes at Pimco are just the lat...
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