Engaging Candidates the Key to Successful Recruitment, Claims Harrison Dear

The reaction follows a new report which details the best way to source the right candidates for your business. A spokesperson from Harrison Dear provides a statement.

A new report has detailed the best ways to attract the ideal applicants for roles in a competitive media market, and they include trying to engage candidates in unique ways. Businesses have been advised to show a high level of interest in every candidate they interview, as this will draw the best out of them and it will be much easier to see if they are a good fit for your company.

Other techniques for making sure you find the best candidates include being prepared to sell the role to them. There's a chance that high profile candidates will have two or three positions that they're going for, so taking the time to introduce them to key personnel in your business and explaining how important they will become to your company can make all the difference.

Harrison Dear, a leading recruitment agency who specialises in media roles, takes a keen interest in reports such as this. A spokesperson provided this statement: "There are several ways businesses can try to appeal to candidates, and keeping them engaged during the recruitment process will make them feel like a part of your team before they've even accepted a job offer.

"By showing interest in them you will get a positive response, and you'll be able to see their real personality and if they have the potential to suit your company.

Selecting the correct candidate for your business is vital in order to move your company forward, and it's only becoming more important as the media industry becomes even more competitive."

Harrison Dear is a recruitment consultancy whose founders have over 25 years' experience at working in the media agency. All their members of staff have been employed at either media  

Alternative lenders outscore banks on flexibility, service and speed, say small firms

• Top five factors making alternative lenders more attractive than traditional banks are greater flexibility, greater ability to lend, better customer service, specialist knowledge and speed
• Around 950,000 small businesses have considered using alternative finance over the past five years

 As mainstream banks continue to face growing pressure from the alternative finance industry, a new study by Amicus Finance Plc (“Amicus”), a leading specialist in short term lending solutions, reveals the key factors driving small businesses towards alternative lenders.

 According to the report, nearly half (45%) of small business owners believe that alternative lenders offer more flexibility than banks, while 37% said they have a greater ability to lend.  A quarter (25%) of small firms believe that alternative lenders outscore banks on customer service, specialist sector knowledge (24%) and speed (22%). 

 The research shows one-in-three (32%) or around 720,000 small business owners have lost out on a deal or investment opportunity because their bank was unwilling to service their borrowing requirements. 

As dissatisfaction among small firms with mainstream banks continues, almost two-thirds (64%) of SMEs predict that demand for alternative finance will increase over the next two years.  

According to the report, over four in ten (42%) or around 950,000 small businesses have considered using alternative finance over the past five years with the most popular types including crowdsourcing, invoice finance / factoring, commercial mortgages and asset finance. 

John Jenkins, CEO of Amicus commented: “When it comes to servicing the needs of small businesses, alternative lenders are outscoring the banks in many crucial areas such as flexibility, quality of customer service and speed.  Many small firms tell us that speed of execution can make all the difference when there’s an opportunity on the table that needs a quick turnaround. Given the challenges faced by banks in recent years, it’s little surprise that many small business owners feel they’ve have missed out on exciting deals and growth opportunities due to a lack of support.

“Most business owners who have turned to alternative lenders discover that dealing with them is a breath of fresh air - and that’s why they are continuing to gain popularity.”

Amicus offers short term, property-based lending solutions to private and corporate borrowers which include landlords, developers and owner-occupiers. Earlier this year Amicus announced the acquisition of City-based brokerage Norton Folgate Capital Group Limited and is committing significant working capital and resources to build the Norton Folgate business over the next five years.

Source: Consumer Intelligence (May 2015)

Object Trading to Provide Global Trading Infrastructure for TradingScreen Clients 

Trading and investment technology integrated with global market infrastructure and access to 60+ liquidity sources enables customer focus on trading innovation

Object Trading, the provider of a global, multi-asset trading infrastructure today announced that TradingScreen, the provider of liquidity, trading and investment technology via SaaS, has integrated with Object Trading’s global DMA service platform.  The combination of two independent suppliers of award-winning trading solutions presents end clients with new opportunities for growth. 

TradingScreen’s customisable front-end Graphical User Interface (GUI) enables buy–side clients to trade a broad portfolio of financial instruments around the clock, on any market and with a wide range of counterparties. It delivers an independent eco-system where the buy-side and sell-side can interact for the entire trading workflow.  Clients benefit from best execution tools and a full integration of services front to back.  By partnering with Object Trading, TradingScreen further enables traders and portfolio managers to deploy trading models quickly without the burden of maintaining a costly, high performance global trading infrastructure. 

Managing the impact of regular exchange updates across multiple front end systems and third party relationships requires considerable resources from market participants, that aren’t focused on sources of competitive advantage.   Object Trading’s recognised expertise in exchange connectivity and TradingScreen’s SaaS infrastructure will help the buy-side, sell-side and exchanges operate and interact as efficiently as possible.  The integration between the two systems helps TradingScreen users achieve direct access to new markets, create new trading relationships, and seamlessly integrate data, trading, and risk management applications, without the initial costs of in-house integration and ongoing investments in connectivity maintenance within dynamic market environments.   Additionally, existing Object Trading direct market access participants can easily add a SaaS market-leading Order Management System to their desks, with unmatched implementation time, bypassing the hidden costs of redundant market access, as so often happens with packaged systems.

Philippe Buhannic, Co-Founder and CEO, TradingScreen, said, “The low rate, volume, and volatility environment is challenging for both our buy-side and sell-side customers, yet every firm wants to deliver returns and trade profitably across different markets, asset-classes, and geographies.  As the leader in SaaS delivered front-end systems, having pioneered the EMS and One-to-many FIX network concepts, it is essential that we focus our resources on responding to the trading innovations our clients need.  By partnering with Object Trading, we offer our clients global direct market access, optimised for the demands of the highest performing front office applications, saving them the time and costs of integration.  This agreement allows us to concentrate on our strengths of connecting buy-sides and sell-sides, delivering trading efficiencies, and helping customers benefit from a fully automated workflow across the transaction lifecycle.”

Gerry Turner, Executive Director, Object Trading, added, “This partnership is highly complementary.  TradingScreen has been seeking opportunities to optimise the resources their clients spend on connectivity without diminishing their focus on performance, product innovation, and customer service.  Object Trading provides a single gateway with access to real-time normalised market data and order execution with in-line pre-trade risk constraints on more than 60 equity, derivative and FX markets globally.  As with all our third party community relationships, we solve different end client problems most effectively by combining two purpose-built solutions, each with its own resources dedicated to its own specialised IP.  We know from experience with the most significant buy-side, sell-side and vendor firms in the world, that seamlessly enabling the TradingScreen front end, without adding complexity to exchange connectivity will remove end clients’ barriers to innovation and growth across increasingly fragmented markets.”