Commentary on adviser recruitment tends to alternate between a shortage of qualified people and an oversupply of newly qualified ones. Firms hiring right now often report something more specific than either.
This matters because recruitment decisions shape a firm's capacity for years, and because the experience of a small directly authorised firm is frequently nothing like that of a large network.
Discussion questions:
- What are you seeing in practice when you recruit — for advisers, paraplanners or administrators?
- Which roles are hardest to fill, and has that changed in the last two years?
- What has worked when the obvious recruitment routes have not?
Please avoid naming individuals or discussing specific candidates.
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