Is Melbourne The Place For Financial Services Professionals In Australia?
I was reminded how great it is to be part of Melbourne’s financial services community at the recent launch of the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions Index. In his address, Wade Noonan MP, Minister for Industry and Employment highlighted that Melbourne’s financial services sector is “going from strength to strength”. Financial services is the largest…
Chris Goulas Appointed By Kaizen To Drive Superannuation, Wealth And Insurance Recruitment
Kaizen Recruitment has appointed financial services and human resources professional Chris Goulas to meet client recruitment demands in superannuation, wealth management and insurance. Chris’ role requires him to work together in partnership with our clients in resolving their recruitment needs. He will focus on filling a wide range of roles including administration, service delivery,…
Superannuation in the digital (robo) advice age
As superannuation funds look to innovate their services and improve member retention rates, financial planning services are a focal point of development and growth. FINSIA took the initiative to host a forum in which three industry leaders discussed their projects in the digital advice space. Jeremy Duffield Founder of Super Ed and funds management legend…
Even the best people blow their probation period
So you get an exciting new job and you want to make an impact straight away; that is a great attitude to have but be warned, your new job is not in the bag until you make it through the probation period. I often come across hardworking candidates with excellent credentials who blow their probationary…
Good paraplanners in high demand and difficult to replace
An often under-valued role in wealth management, paraplanners are a strategic asset to any financial planning business and are trusted in modelling and formulating the advice documentation. Both traditional in-house paraplanners and outsourced paraplanners are high in demand and difficult to replace. Paraplanning is the first hands-on exposure to the provision of financial advice. The…
How to get your first job in funds management. Part 1.
Everyone’s career starts somewhere and your first career opportunity can be tough to get, especially in your industry of choice. I love hearing stories of people’s career journey and I am fortunate at times to be able to assist and advise on career opportunities for many in the Funds Management industry. Here is a story I thought…
We know funds management
The Australian funds management sector is thriving with exceptional talent and 30 June 2016 has been Kaizen Recruitment’s best year ever. It is a privilege to work with so many Melbourne based, national and global organisations and we would like to thank those clients who partnered with us this year: Equity Trustees, IFM Investors. VFMC,…
Thank you from Kaizen Recruitment
On behalf of the team at Kaizen I wanted to say a sincere thank you. The financial year 2015/2016 was our best year ever. – Thank you to all our clients that trusted and partnered with us to represent their brand. – Thank you to all candidates that put faith in us to find…
You DON’T need a LinkedIn profile to get a job!
LinkedIn has done a great job convincing everyone that it’s a must have and without it you are going to miss opportunities or not be able to be found by potential employers, talent acquisition teams or pesky recruiters. Not true. If you are good at what you do you will get noticed, and LinkedIn has…