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Paul Harper Search contributes articles to all the financial services sector media, commenting on a wide range of areas, including recruitment developments, salary changes and training.

Latest News: This area of our website will give you access to our latest press releases and newsletter. Click on the links below to see the most recent press releases and our current newsletter.

Database: We also have an extensive database of previous press releases and our newsletters. Please contact us for further information.

Journalists: Any journalists looking for the most informed views on recruitment, search and salary developments within the financial services sector are welcome to contact us. In the first instance please contact Steve Jones at Communications and Beyond on 01934 863633 or email steve@communicationsandbeyond.co.uk, who will ensure your request is dealt with quickly and efficiently.

Latest News Items:

Outsourcing sales
In the short term we have seen a reduction in National accounts managers as companies have sought to...
What do the next ten years hold in store for us?
The only certainty is change. The industry has seen a lot of consolidation over the past few years...
2009/2010 Salary Survey Commentary
Account Manager earnings drop for the first time since 2001 Basic salaries continue to rise After nearly...
Finally……..The first green shoots of recovery
The number of interviews arranged by our consultants has increased by 600% in the past two months....
Celebrating Ten Years 1999-2009
This year we reached our 10th anniversary. When I set up Paul Harper Search & Selection in 1999...
How can you load the odds in your favour when seeking to recruit top quality candidates?
1. Make the role desirable. 2. Try to ensure that only the best people get the opportunity to meet you....
Leaders are like eagles. They don’t flock. You find them one at a time
This is a great time to recruit top quality staff. It is a great time to realise your true value if...
A Return To Headhunting?
In the last 12 months the demand for the more expensive but thorough methods of headhunting has been...
Move beyond opinion – using psychometrics to assess your candidates and team dynamics.
The use of profiling and psychometrics to assess candidates for roles has been used by larger employers...
Benchmarking
Quite how good should an external candidate be to beat an internal candidate?  According to Paul Harper,...
Decisions, Decisions, Making Sure Internal Recruitment Succeeds
With managers under pressure to take internal candidates at the expense of possibly better external...
Secret Clients and Secret Candidates
When it comes to recruitment in the Financial Services sector at the moment, the desire for secrecy...
Director Roles
Basic Salaries from £70-150k bonus Benefits Equity Located UK The Best Jobs Are never advertised! In...
Skills for a Challenging Market
Those companies recruiting are often smaller niche companies, but what sets them apart is not their...
What is the market going to be doing in 2009?
At the beginning of 2009, a number of trends can already be observed by the recruitment team at Paul...
Sales Skills Paramount In New Survey - A third of the market is still recruiting
HIRING/GROWING TEAM 6FREEZE 5REPLACEMENT ONLY 3REDUNDANCY CONSULTATION 1UNKNOWN    1   A snapshot survey...
OK IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH - CAN YOU AFFORD TO MAKE DO?
In discussions with many clients, it is becoming clear that Finance departments are understandably trying...
Making Sure Candidate Matching Equals Candidate Quality
As any manager or director who has recently agreed recruitment with their HR department will know, there...
Costs of Selection - Less Can Be More
In the current market there is the the need to find quality amongst the quantity of people currently...
2008 BONUSES – THE DANGER OF OUTDATED ASSUMPTIONS
It could be argued there are only 3 types of distribution structure at present: • Those that have recently...
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