In one of its occasional focuses on employment and recruitment practices among financial adviser firms, Professional Adviser talks to Investment Solutions Wealth Management's managing director Ivan Lyons (pictured)
How does Investment Solutions go about recruiting advisers? If we need to recruit at a more experienced level, we will use an agency but we like to focus on hiring from the bottom. The firm began a graduate trainee programme last year and, as that worked so well, we have hired another three graduates this year. We enjoy taking graduates through the process of training - from paraplanning to financial adviser status - and believe this has had a really positive effect. Bringing in younger blood allows for raw, talented skillsets to join the team. It also means there is a lot of flexib...
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