Podcast Episodes
A summary of each podcast episode is shown below. You can download the episodes where you usually obtain your podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, Amazon music, Spotify, Google podcasts, Podcast addict, Podchaser, PlayerFM or play from the link below. The podcasts provide tax CPD for accountants based in the UK
Tax recruitment update for autumn 2023
Contact Georgiana Head
E-mail: Georgiana@georgianaheadrecruitment.com
Office: 0113 426 6672
Website: https://www.georgianaheadrecruitment.co.uk/
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The guest is on the episode is Georgiana Head, a specialist in tax recruitment. We look at a range of topical issues including
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A review of the current taxation recruitment market in late 2023
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A review of the salary pay rounds in 2022 and 2023. Are your pay rises too much or too small? Or alternatively is your (i.e. employee) pay too low and not keeping pace with the market?
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The current position taken on Working from Home (WFH) by both employees and employers
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What other benefits are expected by tax employees and how important is work-life balance in the tax workplace?
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How to improve your chances of recruitment success through the interview process?
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How is remote interviewing being used by the tax profession?
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Overtime – how the firm’s approach can influence recruitment success and what every employee should look out for
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A review of the use of psychometric testing, including Myers-Briggs.
Georgiana is without doubt an expert on tax recruitment. She welcomes calls and enquiries from both employers and employees. This can be a chat through current remuneration levels to a vacancy or for employees looking to move jobs. Georgiana’s approach is to build business relationships and not to churn employees from job to job.
Chapter headings and timings
Podcast timings
0:44 Introduction
2:16 Georgiana Head's background
4:30 Overview of the recruitment market in 2023
8:26 In-house tax teams
9:01 Working from home - current approach from employers and employees
11:35 Salary vs work life balance
13:03 Company cars and car allowances
14:41 Car parking spaces
15:15 Bonus payments
17:35 The advert to attract top employees
19:24 Salary bands
24:05 Graduate salaries
24:20 The importance of overtime
25:22 Time off in lieu - have you checked
26:23 How to and when not to use remote interviews
30:55 How many interviewers on the panel and some suggested alternatives
33:52 The role of psychometric testing
35:30 Use of Myers-Briggs
41:59 How to contact Georgiana