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RJ & Makay is North America’s top recruiting and human capital consulting firm exclusively devoted to the financial services industry. We have more than 100 financial industry recruiting specialists contracted with us providing “human capital for the capital markets.” RJ & Makay works on a retainer basis but does selected contingency and contract work, as well.
About half of the financial services firms in the Fortune Top 100 utilize RJ & Makay for their recruiting needs. We represent top tier boutiques and highly respected mid-size and large firms as well.
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There are job seekers with good attitudes, those with bad attitudes, and those that are down right ugly. Preparing yourself to have the right attitude towards your job search and everyone you will be interacting with throughout the process is the most important thing to properly prepare. It’s the most significant because it really doesn’t matter how good your resume is (or anything else) if you have the wrong attitude.
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For those of you that are unsure about what job you want or are open to looking at other types of jobs that your transferrable skills would be a match for you are likely perplexed and a bit confused where to start. There are two ways you may ant to approach this. You can go through the process of taking self assessment tests to get a professional analysis of what you would be best at, the kinds of skills and abilities you have and how they translate into potential careers you should evaluate. These are easy to take because you can do them online. You click the multiple choice answers and immediately after the test you get your results. It makes sense to do and is reasonably priced.
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You have probably heard the advice that you should: Look for a career and not a job. What is the difference between a career and a job? A career is basically the professional pursuit of a lifelong ambition. A job is typically referred to as an activity which one can earn money. I encourage you not to get too enthralled into the semantics of the words. You can certainly get a job that turns into a career. You can get a job that leads into a promotion that leads to another promotion and before you know it you have a career.
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If you are new to the job market or beginning to re-evaluate your career options because of present realities then you may struggle with what direction you should go and what opportunities are available. Some of the biggest choices you will make in the positions you go after center around love of passion for what your doing, compensation and benefits, and the skills being utilized.
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Financial Advisor recruiting has seen a boom over the last two years. Will the boom continue or has Financial Advisor (FA) recruiting stabilized?
In the 15 month period from August 2008 to Nov 2009 there were 11,875 wirehouse reps and 1687 regional firm reps who switched firms. Wirehouse reps are Financial Advisors from either Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, UBS, Merrill Lynch/BofA and Wachovia/Wells Fargo.
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