Advice for you from a successful senior accountancy interim
Last week I met with one of my favourite candidates, Joe – an ACA qualified accountant who was a Career Interim. He has successfully completed multiple interim roles over the past 20 years, he has worked for top blue chip companies, been directly involved in mergers and acquisitions within SMEs, travelled the world to complete […]
What do you mean you want to leave? 4 ways to cope with a resignation
Nothing in this world stays the same. And now your star employee has handed you their notice. At BTG Recruitment, there is hardly a day that goes by when we don’t speak to a client who has just been handed a letter of resignation. It happens to each and every manager in each and […]
The 1 Recruitment mistake that could destroy your finance team (and how to avoid it)
Last week I met an inspirational Finance Director. Johnathan is an ACA qualified accountant with first time passes who became an FD at 32! His career was going swimmingly….until now. Jonathan had come across the first hurdle in his career – he had recently hired a permanent member of staff who had not worked out. […]
The simple technique to help you ace that interview that most forget
So you have landed an interview for your dream job, you have done your preparation, researched the company, you look the part, new suit and shoes polished. It’s all going so well until you are asked the first question; your mind goes blank after couple of seconds of silence that feel like days, you blurt […]
3 Mistakes that could mean you don’t find your next interim role until Christmas!
Picture this…. You’re sailing serenely on calm waters, in fact you’re so serene that somehow that iceberg fast approaching has skipped your notice entirely. Its easy to do; your interim assignment has been ticking over, taking all your attention, and suddenly there’s only two weeks left and – uh oh – you’ve found nothing to […]
How I (almost) committed career suicide
How I (almost) committed career suicide Two years ago I took a good hard look at my career, gave the interview process my best shot and was offered my dream job. Then I nearly turned my dream job down. Why? Why was I about to commit career suicide? My (then) employer called me into their […]
Help! My temp has left!
I received a call from a client today, a new client who rang us looking for help. Rob had contacted me as he had had his temp leave all of a sudden. Rob had successfully secured a fantastic candidate to cover a maternity leave management accounts role in his finance team, so far she had […]
Simple ways to keep your team
Only last week, I received a desperate call from a new client who had received three resignations in a week! With a long hot summer of lengthy holidays, bank holiday weekends and last minute getaways ahead of him, he was worried that he would find himself bereft of qualified accountants by the autumn. The truth […]
The benefits of Senior Interim
As you will be aware FRS 102 has replaced UK GAAP and this may significantly impact your business. However, despite these changes your finance departments have all the usual BAU to cope with and for a lot of businesses this means that putting the correct measures in place in order to be compliant may have […]
Why hire a temp?
It’s a quick fix for a short term problem. Hiring a temporary worker can give you the support you need to solve a problem which doesn’t require recruiting permanently. For example, a backlog of work, an employee off on sick leave or employees off during holiday periods. A temporary worker can ensure that the workload […]
The five B’s for employers wishing to hire new staff
As I’m sure most of you are aware the recruitment/job market is not just changing, its completely changed from recessionary times, we are currently sitting in a different market place than many of you will have operated in previously, especially from a recruitment perspective. During the recession employers could get get away with disorganised recruitment […]
E.P.A.D
You only get one chance to make a first impression and in the recruitment world this couldn’t be truer. The first interview is vital for both the prospective employee and employer and a strategy that I have found benefits both sides is our E.P.A.D sessions. With a 100% record of success to date it has […]
