Articles published in November 2009
Is the accounting profession heading for a polarisation?
With the growth of the commercially-minded accountant to engage more closely with non-finance colleagues, what does that mean for future structure of the finance department? Read more »
Who’s in demand? – November 2009
There’s positive news for those with experience in a wide range of sectors such as retail, FMCG, food manufacturing, technology, pharmaceutical and banking & financial services as employers begin to lift recruitment freezes. With countries such as the US and Germany now officially out of a recession, some of their companies’ UK subsidiaries are beginning to reap the rewards as sign off for recruitment gets easier. Read more »
Don’t price yourself out of the market
Difficulty in getting sign off, involving more stakeholders in the interview process or looking for a 100% skills match means we continue to see an increase in the length of time it’s taking some employers to make an offer. Read more »
Are you feeling the pressure?
The latest results from Badenoch & Clark’s Employment Study have unearthed some worrying trends among accounting and finance staff. Over 60% of workers are stressed, with a quarter of those surveyed citing job insecurity as the major cause. Read more »
Lockstep vs merit based pay structures
Before modifying its lockstep pay structure a few years ago, staff at Lovells enjoyed near uniform annual increases in their salary linked to PQE. Now that Lovells is possibly gearing up for a merger with Hogan & Hartson, the issue of merit based pay in lieu of lockstep has been brought into the spotlight again. Read more »
Who’s In Demand – November 2009
Recent news that the recession is not quite over indicates that there is still some way to go before things get back to ‘normal’. However, there are pockets of the legal industry that bring good news. Read more »
Can paralegals shake off the industry’s perception of them?
With the number of law graduates seemingly on the increase and those undertaking the LPC and subsequently obtaining a training contract on the decline, will we see disillusionment amongst those considering law as a career? Not if the institute of paralegals (IoP) has anything to do with it. Read more »
Are we seeing the end of the high street practice?
During a year that has already been incredibly tough on the legal profession it seems that insurers are applying more pressure by implementing substantial premium increases for indemnity insurance. Whilst the impact of this has been felt across the entire profession, high street practices are feeling it more than most. Read more »
Who is regulating the regulators?
Over the past few years regulatory lawyers have benefitted from many of the high profile cases to hit the headlines – cases such as the SFO’s investigation of the BAe/Saudi corruption scandal, Baby P and the FSA now vetting bank directors. The general public, spurred on by the media, is seemingly less willing to accept instances where organisations take too much advantage of a situation to the detriment of others. Read more »
