Navigating the new employment landscape for finance professionals

In the face of tough competition for graduate roles, budding chartered accountants should expand their job search, by both sector and location, suggests Chris Barlow, Director of Employability and Placements at University of Liverpool.

How do businesses recruit good finance professionals in an overheated market? In this climate they are hard – but not impossible – to attract, says specialist recruiter David Clark.

Career coach for financial professionals Oliver Deacon discusses the difficulties around hiring senior financial staff to bolster business recovery and growth. Including how to negotiate inflated salary demands.

The pandemic has sharpened people’s value of work – meaning the days of just throwing more money at workers to get the job done are gone, says Adam Langman, Group Finance Director at Metnor Group.