Had lunch with a friend the other day. He's an ITPA and TEP qualified, CA who also has been a director of several trust companies. On the topic of hiring staff, he told a story of recently receiving an unsolicited phone call from a recruiting consultant. Probably one of those that just call everyone in the company or department hoping to get lucky.
Was he interested in a very senior tax/trust job with a global investment bank? Sure!
Are you a lawyer he asked? Nope...Oh too bad, the bank only wants lawyers or solicitors.
Why? To give legal tax and trust advice to clients. Oh.....I didn't know banks could do that
Did he have any friends or referrals that might be interested? Maybe, what level of experience is required? 5yrs PQE My...how senior
Thanks! Bye.
If you were a lay person then this probably doesn't strike you as odd but this should be funny to people in the industry.
For you hiring managers out there, if you can't bother to spend the time and money to retain a good recruiter, how are you going to get good staff? Here's a recruiter that was so hung up on a legal qualification that they totally overlooked a qualified (really overqualified) candidate; mis-represented the duties of the job as when's the last time a bank issued anything that constituted as legal or tax advice to clients? And no disrespect but since when is 5PQE really senior?
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