Customers

IT in financial services

 
IT usually refers to the design, development, support and management of computer-based information systems – including related software (programmes or applications) and computer hardware.
 
Even if you already work in information technology, the variety of qualifications, skills, functions and on-the-job requirements can seem a little overwhelming – whether you’re an HR officer looking to appoint the right candidate, or an IT professional looking for a meaningful career in information systems.
 
IT skills are also pretty market specific – a programmer who works on building multimedia platforms for a news agency doesn’t necessarily have the right skills to develop a software programme that manages foreign exchange transactions across multiple platforms or in multiple geographic regions.
 
This is where Astute Resourcing comes in: we understand the exacting technical demands of IT in banking and financial services, and we also get the strategic and practical requirements of recruitment, placement and management.
 

Services

 
We provide two basic services, both of which can be customised to your business process.
 
Headhunting: This service is targeted at passive jobs seekers, the people you want. The service involves researching and identifying the potential candidate pool, interviewing the candidates and presenting a shortlist, arranging customer interviews, negotiating an offer and ensuring it is accepted by the selected candidate.
 
Using our project management experience we ensure that each headhunting search assignment is finite (has a definite start and end), runs to a schedule and commits to delivery of a shortlist of appropriately qualified candidates by a specified date.
 
Candidate Representation: This service occurs when talented professionals request that we explore the job market on their behalf. We have an extensive high level and specialised network of employers who value the opportunity to engage with competitive talent, and to whom we make professional and discreet introductions.
 
For both Services, once the candidate and customer interview / introduction are set-up we conduct integrity checks.
 
Astute Resourcing conducts comprehensive competency and psychometric assessments on request. All psychometric and competency testing is done by registered industrial psychologists using instruments that are legally defensible, culturally fair and fully compliant with the Employment Equity Act
 
We gain a minimum of two work references, without prejudicing the candidate’s position with their current employer.
 

Investing in human resources

  • Our supplementary HR and career services include (but are not limited to):
  • Psychometric assessments for candidates – for selection, and career development.
  • Role profiling for recruitment and performance management.
  • Development and customisation of competency libraries used to link HR practices.
  • Career counselling to challenge and assist candidates to explore their self-knowledge, industry  opportunities, and possible matches between these two.
  • Career education and support – assisting with CV writing, interviewing skills, job search strategies and effective career management.
  • Exploring Graduate Recruitment Programmes to facilitate contact and networking opportunities between prospective employees and graduates.
  • Ongoing research to inform career services and HR activities.