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September 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: Hiring Mistakes Every Financial Servic... 

This podcast episode explores how AI is transforming hiring criteria, why visibility still drives promotions, and what return-to-office shifts mean for financial services leaders looking to retain top talent.

September 2025
How AI Can Boost Diversity Hiring 

Can AI help create a fair and representative workforce in financial services?

September 2025
Flawed Retention Tactics Asset Managers Still Rely On 

Asset managers in Asia rely on flawed retention tactics like counter offers and quick promotions, but turnover persists as trust and growth lag.

September 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: Why Many Firms Struggle to Build Real... 

Most hiring managers miss real leadership potential in interviews. In this episode, Mike Irving shares what to look for instead - and why confidence isn’t enough. Learn how to hire people who lead, not just follow.

August 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: Wall Street's 2025 Plot Twist 

Explore why trading is outperforming M&A in 2025, how volatility is driving hiring, and what it all means for financial services talent and leadership.

August 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: What Managers Get Wrong About Leadersh... 

Matthew Price joins Jesse to discuss why micromanagement is limiting growth in financial services - and how firms can shift toward leadership rooted in trust, empathy, and principled decision-making.

July 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: Why AI Is Making (and Breaking) Career... 

Discover how AI, skills, and workplace expectations are reshaping the labor market.

June 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: Are Counter Offers a Risk, a Reward or... 

In this episode of Searching Smarter, Ryan Mazza, Head of Selby Jennings New York, explains how firms are fighting to retain talent and what candidates should know before accepting a counter offer.

June 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: Europe Market Moves 

From front-office compensation to return-to-office expectations, this episode offers timely insights for both hiring managers and candidates navigating a changing landscape.

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