Businesses with honest and communicative recruitment policies are far more likely to attract and retain the best employees, which, in turn, will allow them to keep their best clients and develop stronger brands
There is one main asset in financial services businesses, a component that adds more value than any other: its employees. People are your main asset because your business is primarily about communication. Effective communication relies on intuitive interaction between at least two people, a skill that cannot be carried out by any machine. In the current climate, people are a scarce resource. Like any business that makes use of scarce resources, the process of locating, extracting, protecting and exploiting the resource is key to success. It is crucial is to establish how most effectively t...
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