Banking & Investments

What is remarkable about the Banking sector is that in the well-known Ebbinge advertisements, you don't come across vacancies relating to this discipline very often. Within this sector, we often work with Executive Search, as we have been following and have known the best candidates for a very long time. Kasper Pruijsen: "These candidates are special: smart, intelligent, both in terms of figures and commercial acumen. They are the kind of candidates who are less attracted by advertisements - they want to be asked. We know most of these candidates from a long way back, or get in touch with them directly. In most cases, these candidates know that we can really think along with them objectively about possible career moves, both now and in the future. They consequently don't mind talking with us about their career, even when they aren't directly looking for a new job. We want to find out what really energises them at present and what they would consider important in a future position. They value our objective advice, and indeed pro-actively contact us when they feel the need. It's a community of top-notch professionals, with the same ambition, background and ideals. This is important, because keeping candidates involved is a two-way street. The same basically applies for our network of clients. This is a varied and dynamic group - an essential condition for advising candidates and clients on an objective basis."

According to Kasper Pruijsen, the market's present dynamism makes it interesting to take an active approach to your network: "Right now, you can see the focus shifting to themes like infrastructure and (renewable) energy. These are the investors and parties we are talking to. We are once again creating an interesting proposition for clients and candidates alike. Objective advice, a great network of candidates, and the candidates in turn are interested in the expansion of their options. We will keep investing in this."