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Season's Greetings. 18-Dec-15To all our candidates, clients, followers and friends, the team at Balance would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We look forward to an exciting 2016!...
Balance Sponsor London Networking Event 20-Nov-15Monday 9th November marked the last LSN London Networking Event of 2016 at The Anthologist bar in the City. Over 300 guests from the world of legal business attended from just under 100 law firms and Balance sponsored the Finance Zone. Our senior consultants John Skillern, John Carleton and Daniel Cumberworth were busy networking and sharing their knowledge and expertise whilst also ensuring guests entered our prize draw giveaway which was a (with a) chance to win ‘View from The Shard tickets and dinner for 2 at Gordon Ramsay’s Union Street Café’. The lucky winner was Sheila Taylor, cashier at Monro Wright Wasbrough. Thank you to everyone who attended, we look forward to seeing you at the next one in 2016!...
Balance changes Skillern's remit 09-Nov-15Balance Recruitment appoints Senior Consultant, John Skillern, to work with Richard Hooper in developing the firms Practice Management and Business Services – Senior Appointments division. John, who joined the business in 2014 recruiting predominately for Risk & Compliance opportunities, will focus on senior level appointments, where individuals may operate within a specific business services discipline or across a broader operational management role. Established in 2008, Balance is an independent multi award-winning recruitment search consultancy, with a demonstrable track record of delivery, representing a large number and wide variety of UK and international law firms, with offices in the City of London and Hertford. John and Richard hold a combined 30+ years’ recruitment experience, and offer a highly proactive, thorough, search-based approach to identifying individuals, with a strong network across finance, risk & compliance, HR, systems, business development & marketing, and project & programme management. Richard Hooper, Director of Balance Recruitment, commented: “We’re very excited about the continued development of our Practice Management and Business Services – Senior Appointments division, and will look to continue expanding our resource across a wider range of specialist disciplines, recreating the success we’ve had within our Legal Accounts & Finance Systems division. John will play a key role in further leveraging our excellent reputation within the legal sector, and offers a first class search based approach”. ...
Quarterly Market Update - October 2015 27-Oct-15Quarterly Market Update - October 2015 Welcome to our latest Legal Accounts Quarterly Market Update, covering July to September 2015. Whilst the summer period of 2015 did see a marginal slow down in demand for staff within the legal accounts niche in comparison to the first half of the year, there was still a regular flow of new vacancies coming through week by week across a broad range of disciplines and seniority levels. Experienced Finance Systems specialists are increasingly in high demand, particularly at senior levels and we continue to see positive signs of growth with additional headcount requirements arising at both large and SME law firms. We are pleased to see a growing appetite from our clients for exclusive instructions, resulting in more efficient hiring processes and significant savings of time. If you would like to discuss the benefits of using a sole supplier, please feel free to get in touch any time. Areas in highest demand: Senior Finance Systems Partnership Accountants Revenue Controllers Legal Billers Areas in short supply Finance Systems Analysts Revenue Controllers Partnership Accountants Temporary Legal Billers Year on Year growth in number of vacancy instructions received during Q3 period: +14% Key highlights from REC/KPMG produced ‘Report on Jobs’ (October ‘15): -The rate of growth for permanent appointments eased to a 26 month low -Accounting saw the highest level of demand by discipline in September, ahead of Nursing/Medical Care -Availability of permanent staff continued to decline, with the sharpest rate in the Midlands -Availability of temporary and interim staff was in the steepest level of decline in London 2.9% annual growth of employee earnings in the three months to July 3.4% in the private sector *data from the Office for National Statistics Successful appointments we have made during the Q3 period include: EMEA Head of Accounting Finance Systems Manager Senior Systems Accountant Commercial Finance Analyst Partnership Accountant Revenue Controller Senior Financial Accountant Views from the team: “Whilst the UK-wide statistics have shown long term decline in availability for potential staff, our experience within the legal accounts division lately is quite the opposite, for permanent vacancies at least. There are always areas of short supply in such a niche field, but across the accounting spectrum we are seeing a healthy level of interest from our contacts who are ready to take on a fresh challenge when the right opportunity arises, particularly at senior levels.” Richard Hooper “There are always peaks and troughs in demand for certain disciplines, and for the more specialist positions such as Partnership Accounting and Finance Systems it only takes a couple of moves to create a chain reaction with demand ongoing for a period of months. This has certainly been the case for these areas recently, and helps to dictate where we apportion a sufficient amount of our time in ...
Balance host a Drinks Party to celebrate another successful year 05-Oct-15On Thursday 24th September 2015, Balance Recruitment invited clients and candidates from a host of leading UK and International Law Firms for an informal drinks party to celebrate another successful year. Now in its 7th year, Balance laid on another annual drinks event to thank their key clients and candidates for their continued business and support. Balance also took this opportunity to invite along suppliers who’ve played an important part in the development and growth of the company. Drinks started flowing at 6pm at the Salt Point Bar in Exchange Square followed by canapes. There was a short thank you speech followed by a prize draw giveaway with some excellent prizes awarded. The Balance team assisted guests with introductions and connection opportunities, allowing for an informal networking evening. Richard Hooper, Director, commented “We really look forward to holding these events and entertaining our clients and contacts as it gives everyone the opportunity to meet and engage with the whole team including our excellent business support team. We’re proud to be a close-knit, successful small business, and feel it’s important to get everyone together for such events. We’re already looking forward to next year’s!”...
Balance continue to sponsor East Herts Youth U9's this season 01-Sep-15The new football season is upon us and we are delighted to again sponsor the East Herts Youth U9's team. Carl Smithies, their coach said: East Herts Youth U9's are looking forward to our new season in the Emerald Division of the Mid Herts Rural Minors League. This season we have moved from 5-a-side format to 7-a-side. This creates a new challenge to our young players as they move up to a format that requires more pass and move football, something we have been working on in the pre season. I would also like to welcome three new players into our team this year, Albie moves up from our Red team and Callum and Freddie have joined us from their previous clubs; I hope they enjoy their time with our team. I would also like to thank Balance for their continued sponsorship of our team. This will be the third season they have sponsored our kits and our team is very grateful for their ongoing support....
Congratulations to the winners of our latest Quarterly Feedback Survey Draw 06-Aug-15Clients and Candidates were asked to complete an on-line survey regarding the service given by Balance Recruitment. The winners are John Mahoney and Laura Phillips. Each will receive a £50 Amazon Voucher. Congratulations!...
Your Quarterly Market Update from Balance - Q2 28-Jul-15Welcome to our latest Legal Accounts Quarterly Market Update, covering April to June 2015. The first half of 2015 has proven to be a consistently busy period within the legal accounting and finance systems niche, with high demand for staff being met with a challenging candidate marketplace. Salaries are very much on the increase across all disciplines, with sizeable counter offer negotiations becoming increasingly prevalent. We’ve also seen a notable increase in demand for interim staff, on both short and long term contracts. The early signs indicate that hiring will continue apace throughout the summer period, and we would encourage employers to plan the timing of hiring processes strategically to ensure they can move quickly through to offer stage, whilst other firms hit delays during the holiday season. Read and download our infographic report which provides an insight into hiring trends and areas in specific demand within the legal accounts niche....
Recruitment: The Solution 13-Jul-15Imagine for a moment a world where every single legitimate introduction a recruiter makes to a client gets invited in for an interview. From the perspective of an employer who uses recruitment consultancies. What would happen? You’d very quickly learn which recruiters you should work with and which ones you shouldn’t. More accountability. You’d very quickly be able to (have to) cut down the number of recruiters you use if you’re already using too many. The recruiters who currently send you 10 CV’s per vacancy would either have to start doing their jobs properly or find a new career elsewhere. You’d take away the over-reliance on searching for the best looking CV and instead be able to focus on identifying the best available applicant (who you might otherwise have rejected). You’d instantly wipe out the time and delay caused by the CV sifting back and forth between HR and line managers. You’d have more time to properly brief the recruiters you do use, which in turn improves the quality of introductions they make. Your employee brand would improve. Fewer people (many irrelevant) would be contacted about (and rejected by) your business. You’d quickly establish if you really are being unrealistic in what you’re asking for. You’d be demanding quality over quantity. Think of the time saving! I’m trying to think of the drawbacks, but I’m genuinely struggling. Anyway, enough day-dreaming, best get back to work… Richard Hooper, Director...
Balance sponsor latest LSN Summer London networking event 07-Jul-15Balance Recruitment are proud to sponsor the latest LSN Summer London Networking Event on Monday 13th July, to be held at The Anthologist Bar, Gresham Street, London from 6pm – 9.30pm. This informal event will provide the opportunity to meet colleagues working in UK law management, operational and support roles in a relaxed social environment. Prior to the event guests will be sent a list of all attending together with their job title and company so they can arrange to connect with those working in a similar role. We are now in our 3rd year of sponsoring LSN events and historically these evenings have proved to be a lively event enabling guests to network with their peers and make very useful contacts....
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