The risk recruitment process is a complex and critical endeavor for corporate recruiters. With the growing importance of risk management in business, recruiters need to have a clear understanding of the key skills and qualifications needed for risk management roles, and how they can recruit the right candidate for the job. Hiring top talent is…
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Finding the Right Fit: Risk Management Recruitment
Risk management is an essential part of any organization, but finding the right risk management professional can often seem like a difficult task. A risk management recruiter is knowledgeable about the skills and qualities that successful risk professionals possess – something that not every company’s Human Resources team may understand. It’s important to know what…
CyberSecurity – Risk or Compliance Issue?
For the past 16 years, I have had the pleasure of watching the risk and compliance professions evolve, stumble, steady, and become a critical mainstream function in financial service firms, as well as multi-nationals and healthcare firms. We have had the great fortune to fill senior risk and compliance roles at top firms including BlackRock,…
Recruiting Exceptional Risk Managers within Healthcare
At Risk Talent, www.risktalent.com, we have seen a significant uptick in the number of risk professionals required by healthcare organizations. Demand far outweighs supply, and we don’t see that changing this decade. One of our clients recently discovered, from a JCAH review, that they were woefully understaffed with risk professionals, despite their recognition as one…
Impact of Trump Victory on the Risk Management Profession
Everyone is trying to figure out – what happens now? For the 7.4 billion people in our world, I think we can all agree – the world just got, at least a little bit, more risky for all of us. But, what about for risk professionals? I have been recruiting risk and compliance professionals for…
Risk Management for Recruiters – Definition of key terms
Risk Management for Recruiters Definitions of Key Terms Market Risk Credit Risk Operational Risk Enterprise Risk Risk Management for Recruiters What is Risk Management Risk Management is broad discipline both within as well as outside of financial services. In summary, risk management involves defining and addressing the risks that currently impact and/or…
Risk Recruiting Training – Risk for Recruiters 101
Risk Recruiting Training Series Risk for Recruiters 101 Recruiting Exceptional Risk Management Candidates Last week we discussed the characteristics of an exceptional risk manager. Traits include quantitative, communicative, market savvy, and strategic. But, how would a corporate recruiter, who is accustomed to recruiting a broad range of professionals, source and recruit these exceptional risk managers?…
PRM or FRM – Risk Certification Programs – Is it worth the effort?
Over the years I have often times been asked by candidates if a PRM or FRM certification is required, or even appreciated by employers. For those of you who have completed these certifications, you know that the process is time consuming and challenging. In 13 years, with over 200 risk and compliance searches completed, I…
Four components of an Exceptional Risk Manager
Clients and newcomers to the field of risk management have often asked, “What makes a great risk manager?” In the 13 years that I have led Risk Talent Associates, the leading executive recruiting firm in risk management, I have found that exceptional risk managers have all four of the following traits: 1) Quantitative Skills –…
Risk Analytics – The Hottest Risk Management Skillset
Risk Analytics Managers are in high demand in March, 2013 as financial services firms, including banks, hedge funds, asset managers, insurance companies, captive finance companies, GSE’s and regulators all look to upgrade talent in risk analytics – with particular emphasis on credit analytics.