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INVESTIGATION – Salaries can easily exceed €100,000 at the start of a career. These staggering sums mask an equally extraordinary reality: 75-hour workweeks. Angela knows these years of intense labor all too well. This young investment banker, a 2020 graduate of the prestigious ESSEC business school, has progressed […]

A study published in April 2021 by the Boston Consulting Group in partnership with France Biotech examines the development of biotech and medtech companies in France, and in particular the gap between the excellent level of our scientists and the lack of leading healthcare startups. This study reflects a collective reflection […]

Recruitment agencies have rebounded strongly since the fall. And 2021 is shaping up to be quite promising. Published on May 4th, the latest Workforce Needs Survey (BMO) by Pôle emploi (the French public employment service) identifies 41,260 recruitment projects this year in the financial and insurance sectors, 39% of which are considered difficult to fill. The sector, which represents 1.5% […]

Digitalization of sourcing, interviews, and onboarding; personality tests; remote onboarding… Recruitment processes – due to Covid-19 – are changing completely. This also applies to the recruitment of board members, explains Bertrand Richard, senior advisor at Spencer Stuart. To get their teams on board for a new direction…

In the area of ​​increasing the number of women on their teams, funds are undeniably trying to move from good intentions to action. “The ESG criterion is now leading funds to increase the number of women on their investment teams, all other things being equal,” observes Martin Louvet, Senior Advisor at Vauban Executive Search. “This also allows them to diversify their selection of candidates from other sources…”

The real estate world is constantly evolving, within a rapidly changing environment now facing the health crisis of the novel coronavirus. What are the impacts of this crisis on the needs of senior executives in the construction and real estate sector? Thierry de La Rocque, consultant, provides some answers […]

To meet growing and increasingly complex demands, family offices are seeking to strengthen their expertise. This need is resulting in a wave of recruitment, principal benefiting experienced professionals. A "career of the future." This is how the French Family Office Association (AFFO) described it in […]

While large firms tend to focus on internal mobility, smaller companies continue to recruit. They primarily hire portfolio managers and sales professionals with specialized expertise, possessing experience and a network of contacts. In 2019, asset management companies benefited from a relatively favorable environment for recruitment. “Last year, we […]

Vauban Executive Search conducted a study to measure the impact of the coronavirus on human resources for asset and wealth management firms. The Vauban Executive Search study reveals, in particular, the true figures on flexworking, remote work, and the sector's recruitment ambitions. FundsWatch also interviewed Harold Valat, Partner […]

The ability of top financial officers to become number one depends on the sector in which they operate, their more or less strategic role, but also their position within the executive committee.