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ProfileBright Purple's Banking and Finance Recruitment team provides a bespoke service to suit its wide and varied client base and are paid on getting results, not retainers! So you can expect us to be proactive in getting you the top candidates for the right roles, and for candidates we will strive to find the right role and the right company for your ambitions.
 
The team specialise in recruiting junior to senior permanent and contract candidates into front, middle and back office positions across the banking and financials’ market in the UK.
 
It’s a broad business sector and some of the areas that the team continue to provide focused resources to include

• Risk
• Regulatory
• Audit
• Accounting
• Client Services
• Project Management
• Operations
• Change Management
• Investment Analysts
• Consultancy

Bright Purple Financial Recruitment Services is headed up by Mike Leeman, who has more than 8 years experience of recruiting for the UK financial services market in both London and Scotland. Prior to joining Bright Purple in 2009, Mike had a long and successful career with one of the UK’s largest recruitment groups, Michael Page. Mike and his team fully understand the business they are in and are happy to consult and give advice on their market.
 
The Bright Purple Banking and Finance Recruitment team aim to consistently provide a high standard of professionalism to both client and candidate alike and are always keen to hear from you on how we might better enhance our service offering. If you would like to comment on any aspect of our services please email us at ourservice@brightpurple.co.uk.
 
Mike and the team are always delighted to meet new or existing clients to discuss opportunities and candidates who are looking for a new contract or career move, so if you would like a confidential discussion then please contact our Edinburgh recruitment office on 0131 473 7030.

If your career involves the Financial sector then stay up to date with the latest career trends on our Financial Services News page.

The Truth About Financial Job Hunting
The number of financial job applicants lying on their CV's has risen to a 3 year high, but are recruiters doing enough to weed out those who are "less economical with the truth"?
As the famous saying goes, "you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time", however this idea doesn't appear to have stopped many financial job hunters from trying as rescent research suggests that the number of candidates lying on their CV's in the financial sector has reached a 3 year high.
 
The findings report that there has been a 30% increase in the number of young employees lying on their CV's, while one in every five jobseeker's CV's contained a major untruth. The research also indicated that the number of IT contractors with "false truths" on their CV's has trebled to 18%.
 
While the rise in competition for IT and financial positions might make some candidates feel they need to "pad out" their CV in order to compete, Bright Purple operations director Jan Mutch believe that recruiters must take greater responsibility in weeding out candidates who are being "less than economical with the truth".
 
"At Bright Purple, we ensure that our recruitment professionals put the time in, in order to fully understand the roles they are recruiting for and the requirements of the client. Working in this manner, rather than simply recruiting based on matches in buzzwords from the job spec on candidate CV's ensures that the client is provided with candidates who are fully equipped and honestly capable of the role".
 
(For original article see Recruiter)