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Author: Jamesbeck

March 1, 2022

The Age of Anti-Ambition

By Noreen Malone   Published Feb. 15, 2022  Updated Feb. 20, 2022   When 25 million people leave their jobs, it’s about more than just burnout.   I used to think of my job as existing in its own little Busytown — as in the Richard Scarry books, where there’s a small, bright village of workers, each focused on a single job, whose paths all cross in the course of one busy, busy day. In my neighborhood in Brooklyn, I would see the same person at the Myrtle Avenue bus stop several days a week and imagine where he was going with his Dell laptop bag and black sneakers.

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February 3, 2022

AB Hires SSGA Product Exec for ETF Push

By Joe Morris  February 2, 2022 www.ignites.com   AllianceBernstein has hired State Street Global Advisors' Noel Archard to lead its expansion into ETFs.   Archard, SSGA's global head of product for nearly five years, will join AB effective Monday as its global head of ETFs and portfolio solutions, AB announced Wednesday morning.   Under Archard, AB intends to launch its first U.S. ETFs sometime this year, the announcement notes.   “Establishing the firm’s first-ever global head of ETFs and portfolio solutions role and adding Noel to the team creates an opportunity for AB to generate an innovative and differentiated offering in a crowded space," said Onur Erzan, head of AB's global client group. Archard will

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January 28, 2022

Candidates Question Hedge Funds on Hybrid Work, Culture, Burnout

By Lydia Tomkiw   January 26, 2022   The hedge fund recruiting landscape is as fierce as ever, and while the typical questions around salary remain, managers must be ready to respond to questions on hybrid working conditions, firm culture and burnout, recruiters said.   The questions come amid the broader “great resignation” phenomenon and as the vast majority of hedge funds admit that they are concerned about retaining talent in the near term.   “It still remains super frothy. So many people are in motion, so many people are assessing what they want to do,” said Melissa Norris, founding partner at Jamesbeck, a woman-owned executive search firm.   Candidates are pro-actively coming to

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January 6, 2022

Performance Coaching

By: Carroll Leatherman   Sophisticated private equity sponsors are increasingly using performance advisors to support quick out of the gate value creation plans. Performance advisory coaching is a process that helps executives identify where strengths and weaknesses lie in business operations, so that executive leadership teams can quickly execute against a value creation plan that most effectively helps grow, scale, or turnaround a company in a set time horizon.   We have seen a thematic shift in the support executive leadership teams are provided from private equity and venture capital sponsors, with performance advisory coaching becoming part of value creation plans by financial

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December 7, 2021

What Type of People Become CEOs?

Becoming the CEO of any organization is a major accomplishment. Within the finance industry, CEOs are responsible for a wide range of tasks, including developing a strategic vision, making key decisions about investments and products, and ensuring that the company stays relevant in our dynamic industry. With this title, an individual can gain a significant level of influence within the organization, along with myriad other benefits. However, while many people within the finance industry world aspire to ascend to the rank of CEO, the best path for getting there is not always so apparent.   The textbook definition of a “perfect

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October 6, 2021

How to Keep the Job Search Moving Forward—Even if Recruiters Ignore You

  The Wall Street Journal By: Kathryn Dill and Patrick Thomas Oct. 6, 2021 5:30 am ET   Career coaches say these interviewing and résumé tips can help you stand out and land a new role There are more than 10 million job openings in the U.S., so why do so many job seekers remain frustrated by hiring managers who ignore them and online application portals that delete them?   There are a lot of jobs out there, but a lot of rejection, too. It’s easier than ever to apply for roles, so companies are swamped, leaving applicants—even ones who have been courted by recruiters—either facing a void or never hearing back again.

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