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SALES & MARKETING MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
Market Overview The start of 2022 has seen limited slow-down in the relentless volume of roles we saw in the post-COVID recovery phase, and the market remains exciting and ever-changing as we see the effects of the previous tumultuous years play out through the market. The market has remained buoyant and there continues to…
Read MoreCREDIT, RISK & QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
INTRODUCTION It’s been an exceptionally busy start to 2022 on the Credit, Risk and Quant desk at Bruin. It would be no exaggeration to say that, for roles ranging from entry level up to senior manager/VP level, pretty much all of our clients have reached out at some point in the past three months…
Read MoreREGIONAL MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
INTRODUCTION As we end Q1 of 2022, it is fair to say that the market is continuing to be busy and is showing a need for experienced candidates at all levels and across all specialisms. Flexible working continues to be at the forefront of candidates minds and expectations as we all start to come…
Read MorePROJECTS & CHANGE MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
Technology: There is still a sustained demand for talent in the UK buy-side technology market. Clients work from home policies were the norm and more clients are expecting their employees to be in the office at least 3 days a week. We have still seen a continued demand for individuals who have Azure or…
Read MoreOPERATIONS & COMPLIANCE (CONTRACT) MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
Market Overview The contract and FTC market within Operations and Compliance has continued the form of Q4 2021. It remains a ‘candidate driven’ market with several candidates in a number of processes simultaneously. This has resulted in faster processes across the board with instances of more than two interview stages being rare. These factors have…
Read MoreEUROPEAN (LUXEMBOURG) MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
OVERVIEW With the end of the financial year looming most of the candidate pool where awaiting their bonus schedules. When speaking to candidates it seemed that most where expecting to receive “small” bonuses compared to previous years. This feedback was seen more in the banking sector. In Q1 there was a lack of appetite…
Read MoreLEGAL MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
The legal recruitment market has continued at the same levels we saw through H2 2021 and we are seeing dramatic increases in Salary levels on the Private Practice side being mirrored by an increase in in-house salaries as firms struggle to keep pace. Private Practice Private Practice demand has continued to be strong amongst…
Read MoreHR & SECRETARIAL MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
OVERVIEW The market has become more hectic in the HR space over Q1, with clients continuously vying for the best talent possible in the market. Meanwhile this has meant that there are two distinct pools of candidates emerging in this fight – those with very niche, highly desirable skillsets are finding more choice; those in…
Read MoreFINANCIAL MARKETS & ALTERNATIVES MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
INTRODUCTION Q1 cyclicality slows down some hiring decisions. As we approach the end of Q1, having gone through the usual bonus round, unless you are at an Asian or Antipodean bank. The general consensus around bonuses has been mainly on the positive side, however, some banks have had a torrid 2021 and suffered through the…
Read MoreFINANCE, TAX AND AUDIT (CONTRACT) MARKET COMMENTARY, Q1 2022
Market Overview Q1 of 2022 has started where 2021 left off, as we continued to see large volumes of Temporary roles released across the Financial Services industry. Although we saw consistent activity, we did notice that whilst our Buy-Side clients were largely releasing roles as Fixed-Term Contracts. Whereas, in contrast, our Investment Banking and…
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