HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO Executive Summary – Q2 2021: Tech hiring boom continues: We have been experiencing another record quarter of strong demand for technologists within the FSI domain (including crypto trading firms). Candidates have been receiving 15-20% increases in salaries for switching jobs. Many have been getting multiple offers and counteroffers. This strong hiring is both
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HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO Executive Summary – Q1 2021: It feels like 2007 all over again: The demand for tech talent across several areas has been exploding this past quarter and that is certainly not an understatement! Candidates have been receiving multiple offers/counteroffers and significant increases in salary. Crypto/blockchain firms are also actively hiring again wooing
READ MORE Our guest today has extensive experience as a CIO with large banks. He has successfully set up and managed 3 sizeable Technology Development Centers in the mainland and has played a key role in the initiation of 2 startups including one in the FinTech space in the mainland.Let me welcome Greg Au Yeung to the Podcast! Today on the podcast,
READ MORE Today we are grateful to be talking to the Deputy Chief Product Officer of PwC’s Digital Products Group. Sarah Johnson comes from a unique background. She used to be the Operations Manager for the Polar Challenge / South Pole Race and spent 3 months in Antarctica for this. After a few more roles in technology, she is now the Deputy
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HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO General State of Hiring In general, tech recruitment activity has continued to remain brisk despite most other sectors experiencing a downturn because of the macroeconomic climate. We continued to see contracting opportunities on the rise but towards the end of the quarter, a substantial number of permanent roles started to open up
READ MORE There has been so much talk about Virtual Banks in the past few months. Some newspapers have reported that this could be a big threat to traditional retail banks. But, what exactly is a Virtual Bank and what can we expect from them over the next couple of years? On the podcast today, we are really privileged to have Andrew
READ MORE HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO General State of Hiring First, it was the protests and now it’s the virus that’s dominating the news! We usually get this question: how is the virus affecting our segment of the market, i.e., Technology Recruitment? This is what we have been observing: During Q1 2020, technology hiring was
READ MORE HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO General State of Hiring We usually get this question: are the ongoing protests affecting business? Yes, but fortunately, the impact on our business has been minimal We haven’t seen much slowdown in technology hiring. In fact, our clients have been hiring quite actively and even growing headcount numbers during these
READ MORE HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO A lot has been happening in Hong Kong this past quarter. Here is an update on tech hiring: General State of Hiring Being in the Recruitment space, one question we continue to receive is whether companies are still hiring in Hong Kong given our political situation at the moment. This
READ MORE HOME CAREER TIPS MARKET INFO Buy Side / Investment Banking Technology Sector Hiring at Investment Banks was quite strong to begin with but seemed to lose some steam later on due to the uncertain economic climate. We are noticing approvals taking longer than usual to obtain even though hiring continues to happen. Having said that
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Samson Chan - Managing Director
Barclays, Equities Technology APAC
Samson Chan - Managing Director
Barclays, Equities Technology APAC
Samson Chan - Managing Director
Barclays, Equities Technology APAC