Author: achievers

20 Nov

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A big Thank You to everyone who took time to participate in our joint event – "Career Development in Digital World" with LinkedIn and Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute on 7 Nov 2019. It was hearty to see such a huge turnout on a Thursday evening with HKSI members and university students. Mr Ferdi Mak from LinkedIn and Ms Lisa Kot from Achievers Recruitment shared useful tips on utilizing LinkedIn to improve personal brand building as well as pointers on improving profile to effectively win recruiters' attention. To top off the night, our consultants played CV doctor and gave valuable advice to university students on ways to improve their CVs. We are delighted to be able to give back to the society and help prepare this new generation to enter into the work force. ...

17 May

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Achievers was invited by Hong Kong Securities and Investments Institute to host a workshop for young members and practitioners on “Enhance Your Presentation Skills” on 10 May 2019. Our Team has spent a wonderful evening with over 25 audience and shared our views towards wiring an appealing online profile via Linkedin Platform. We received positive feedback from the audience and Institute towards this topic. We hope we could bring value and share useful tips with the youngsters how to prepare themselves for stepping into the Financial Services industry. Following the presentation, a CV Clinic session led by our team of executive search experts will be conducted to review participants’ CVs. ...

12 Apr

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We are proud to announce that Achievers Recruitment Limited has won two Awards in the "Asia Recruitment Awards 2019", one of the most prestigious in Recruitment industry! Achievers took part in the event for the first time and secured awards in all the participating categories: “Best New Recruitment Agency – Achievers Recruitment” and “Best Recruitment Entrepreneur – Timothy Tse, Founder & CEO”. This is the 5th consecutive year the Asia Recruitment Awards crown the best recruiters / platforms and in-house hiring teams in town. Achievers Recruitment is specialised in talent acquisition for the Financial Services & Asset Management industry. We believe Human Capital is pivotal in organization success, and we are committed to establish a Financial Services & Asset Management Specialized Recruitment firm to provide unparalleled executive search services for our clients across HK, China and Asia region. ...

20 Mar

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Achievers is proud to announce the successful conclusion of “HKSFA 3rd Career Conference: Unearthing the Opportunities in HK Asset & Wealth Management Industry” on 16 March 2019 with a full house audience. The conference was hosted by HKSFA and sponsored by Achievers Recruitment. This is a 3-part panel discussion where our distinguished speakers shared their views on the latest developments and trends of Asset Management, Wealth Management and FinTech industry as well as career opportunities that will arise from such developments. For the first panel discussion – “Views on the macro economy in the upcoming year”, the speakers discussed about their views on the economy as well as shared career advices on being successful in asset management industry. Panelists 1. Dr. Jess Tang, General Manager and Head of Asset Management, China Merchant Securities Asset Management 2. Mr. Ronnie Wu, CIO and Founder, Penjing Asset Management 3. Mr. Jim Veneau, CFA, Head of Fixed Income Asia, AXA Investment Managers Asia Limited Moderator :...

18 Mar

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We are proud to announce that Achievers Recruitment has been shortlisted as Finalists for two categories in the upcoming Asia Recruitment Awards 2019, one of the most prestigious in Recruitment industry! - Best New Recruitment Agency - Achievers Recruitment - Best Recruitment Entrepreneur - Timothy Tse, Founder & CEO This is the 5th consecutive year the Asia Recruitment Awards crown the best recruiters / platforms and in-house hiring teams in town. Event details: https://lnkd.in/f4JvVBp Achievers Recruitment is specialised in talent acquisition for the Asset Management industry. We believe Human Capital is pivotal in organization success, and we are committed to establish an Asset Management Specialized Recruitment firm to provide unparalleled executive search services for our clients across HK, China and Asia region. ...

16 Jan

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HK SAR Government held a Career Fair 2019 under Pilot Programme to Enhance Talent Training for the Asset and Wealth Management Sector (WAM Pilot Programme) on 12th January 2019. Achievers’ Founder and CEO – Mr. Timothy Tse has the honor of being invited as one of the speakers to offer his insights on future developments and job prospects as well as share his valuable experience within the WAM sector. Pls click below link to review the press releases https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201901/12/P2019010900347.htm?fontSize=1 The theme of this year's Career Fair was "Leaping Ahead". A number of exhibitors from local and international Wealth and Asset Management companies as well as related industry associations were present to introduce to students the different functional roles and career paths within this sector. Achievers Recruitment Limited is proud to be invited as one of the exhibitors. Our colleagues appreciate this opportunity to share their experience and knowledge with students present in this event.  Part of the core events for this Career Fair is “CV Clinic” – specially...

27 Nov

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Achievers Recruitment is proud to present HKSFA 3rd Career Conference: Unearthing the Opportunities in HK Asset & Wealth Management Industry. Join us in this upcoming career conference organized by Achievers Recruitment Limited and The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts Limited (HKSFA) for a highly informative and interactive session with some of the big names in the industry! Date: 16 Mar 2019 (Saturday) Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm Venue: HKUST Business School Central, Hong Kong Club Building   We would be inviting some of the most prominent figures (including CEO, CIO and Head of HR) within asset and wealth management industry as our speakers. This is a 3-part panel discussion where our distinguished speakers will share their views on the latest developments of asset and wealth management industry as well as career opportunities that will arise from such developments. Find out more information and announcements from Achievers, follow us on these platforms: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/achievers-recruitment/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/achievers.recruitment/ Be sure to...

17 Aug

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Global banks in Hong Kong are stepping up their hiring of local talent and of Mandarin speaking mainland Chinese candidates, especially for front-office jobs in investment banking. But Hong Kong remains an international financial centre – and there are still some roles where banks are willing to relocate candidates from beyond Greater China. Here’s a selection. 1. Anti-money laundering “AML compliance is an area where talent from overseas is still being considered, given that vacancies outweigh the current supply of talent based locally,” says Jack Leung, business director at recruitment firm Hays in Hong Kong. “However, only the large international banks are typically open to this, with many regional banks choosing to hire locally. And in general it’s mostly internal transfers within the same bank.” 2. Market risk in FICC “Because Hong Kong is mostly an equities market, it’s especially difficult to find strong locally-based market risk candidates who are focused on rates, credit,...

08 Aug

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Recent waves of redundancies at global banks in Hong Kong have one common characteristic – they’ve been aimed largely at expensive senior staff. While job hunting at the top of the banking tree has always been more difficult than at the bottom, the difference is now even more extreme. But in which particular parts of Hong Kong financial services is it toughest (and easiest) for experienced staff to get work? To find out, we analysed at our database across 18 key finance job functions and compared the number of Hong Kong-based vacancies demanding at least 10 years’ experience with the number of local CVs at that level. In the sectors towards the top of the table below, older candidates are currently enjoying comparatively straightforward job searches. For example, in corporate banking and private banking – two talent-short functions dependant on building long-term client relationships – there are ‘only’ 17 and 18 resumes on our database respectively...