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TFPL abroad

Are you looking for work in Europe? Want to put your excellent language skills to work or just think its time to work outside of the UK? Maybe you have friends abroad looking for work? We regularly recruit in Europe (and sometimes further afield), here are a few of our current vacancies, for a full list please go to our website.

Sales Executive – Germany
A leading international financial news and information publisher is looking for a sales person to sell for their German publication based in London or Germany.  The role will involve new business development as well as strategic account management of existing relationships within the corporate sector in Germany.  Working within a sales team you will have complete autonomy to manage your own business.  You will travel to meet clients where necessary in order to demonstrate the products strengths.  You will be used to working in a busy sales environment, target driven with a successful track record in media sales.  Experience of working in an international environment and fluency in German is an advantage.

Sales Executive – Vienna
A leading provider of news, real time data and financial information is seeking a sales person in Vienna.  The role will be selling the client's high value financial information products and services to the investment banking sector (European banks, Private Equity firms and other corporate financial companies).  You will be networking within existing clients sourcing new opportunities as well as developing new business.  You will do this through regular client meetings and following up on leads from a qualified database.

New Business Development Manager – France
Our client, a leader of business and company intelligence, is looking for an experienced new business development person to focus on the German marketplace.  The aim of the role will be to develop new business strategically across the Professional services and Corporate marketplaces.  The role will concentrate on not only selling their main products but also bespoke solutions inline with client requirements.

Email your CV to iprecruitment@tfpl.com or call +44 (0)20 7332 6000 for more information.

Who is managing information?

TFPL published their white paper  'Who is managing information?: information responsibilities in the digital world' this week.  It includes an 'Information Management Framework: responsibilities in the digital world'.  This Framework suggests 6 responsibility clusters:  information strategy; enterprise information architecture; information governance; creation and acquisition; communication and publication; information exploitation and use.  You can download the report and Framework  from our website www.tfpl.com

This is a topical subject.  There are number of streams on information skills and career development at the Online Information Conference this week and we will be presenting some of the conclusions of our white paper at a free seminar on the TFPL stand.  The recently formed IM Group are also presenting a seminar on IM skills as part of the IMS exhibtion. 

Do let us know what you think of the  Framework and you ideas for its development via the blog, by email, discussion at Online - or call us.

Law Librarian in Norfolk

The legal department of a financial services company requires a full time law librarian for 3 months to cover for a staff secondment. This busy information department receives a wide range of legal enquiries each week from various legal teams and from many different business areas within the organisation. Key responsibilities will be supporting the Legal Information Manager on specialised research requests involving in-depth investigation, ensuring that all resources are delivered on schedule across the legal function and monitoring subscription and purchase agreements with suppliers, publishers and business contacts,  developing and delivering training sessions on legal research and online sources, providing support for electronic publishing initiatives on the intranet and legal knowhow sites and managing and developing the Legal Information Assistant. You will have previous law library experience and have used online databases.

Email your CV to temps@tfpl.com quoting ref: 20723JE or call +44 (0)20 7332 6000 for more information.

Financial Information Company is Seeking a Senior Research Analyst

A globally respected financial information company is seeking a senior research analyst for the credit strategy team.

This senior level role will involve 50% research, 30% direct client contact and 20% internal liaison.  You will be researching ratings information and capital markets to provide commentary and analysis to clients.  You will contribute to regular publications and focus on the British and Continental capital markets.

You must have in-depth experience of working in the capital markets arena and an understanding of credit markets.  You need to be familiar with the credit rating process and the role of ratings within the marketplace.  You will have excellent IT skills, a background in research and analysis, excellent communication skills and experience of writing for publications.

Email your CV to iprecruitment@tfpl.com quoting ref: 20600CV or call +44 (0)20 7332 6000 for more information.

Increase the Odds

If you are looking for work, you will come across hundreds of job websites, you can look in the press and will I am sure find a whole bunch of roles you think are just perfect for you and 90% of the time you apply for the role and your application will end in the hands of a recruitment consultant. You sigh and get ready for battle, sword in hand you are determined to slay this dragon and get straight to the employer.

But remember your recruiter has at least some relationship with the client as opposed to your nonexistent one, yes they are running a business and have to make a profit, but they are human and if they know and like you, it is simply more likely that they will use the relationship they have to your advantage (and theirs of course, but so what!). Make sure you have explained your skills and why you will be good in this job and why you can do it. Give them something to sell, show them that you are polite, flexible, proactive, all the qualities an employer will be looking for, this will take some of the heat out of the dragon's fire. Does it guarantee you a job? No, but it does increase the odds in your favour.

Content Services Manager required

A European computer entertainment company requires a temporary Content Services Manager, for Online Delivery. The role will involve managing existing teams, providing content services and facilitating the transition from the old content management systems to a new one.

The primary focus will be to ensure that the Online Content Application meets user needs, improves the company's productivity and is adopted across the business. Candidate must have experience of managing content management systems in the media industry and experience of consulting on the implementation of enterprise content management systems.

Knowledge of industry leading ECMS products, such as Teamsite and Documentum is also essential. The role is for 6-12 months maternity cover and is to start as soon as possible.

Email your CV to temps@tfpl.com quoting ref: 20505KC or call +44 (0)20 7332 6000

Consulting Firm in London requires a Senior Knowledge Manager

A Senior Knowledge Manager is required for a city based Consulting Firm in London.

Based within the Business Advisory Services offering, the role will encompass three main elements: Offerings, Methods and Tools; Thought Leadership and Knowledge Management.

You must be degree educated with 5+ years' work experience coordinating resources and managing projects involving multiple stakeholders.
Industry experience within professional services, preferably in a consulting setting either as a client service profession or as KM specialist is advantageous.

Salary £Neg.
Ref: 20410DD.

Email your CV to knowledgerecruit@tfpl.com

Enterprise Content Management Specialist vacancy

A multinational financial organisation in London is seeking an Enterprise Content Management Specialist/Business Analyst to provide expertise for the development of an ongoing research portal. 

Typical duties might include defining the business requirements and specifications, documenting business processes, identifying risks, managing deployment, communication and marketing of new functionality and carrying out knowledge transfer and training.  £Neg.

Please email your CV to knowledgerecruit@tfpl.com quoting Ref: 20369DD

Interview for Engagement

Just got passed a great article from People Management magazine about “How to interview for engagement”, they are suggesting that by doing the right things for existing employees, engagement will increase and this will have a knock on effect on productivity, however it is important to have chosen right people in the first place!

Here engagement is defined as "the extent to which people enjoy and believe in what they do, and feel valued for doing it". So automatically I turned to my colleagues in recruitment and asked them if they enjoyed and believed in what they did, of which most of them said yes they did (I can’t predict how many of those responses were simply fear of what I would write about them), and I must say that we do have an unusually high employee retention rate, so therefore we must be doing something right.

So I cornered Darron who has hired most of these people and asked him if his staff being happy, fulfilled and valued in their role was something he had taken into consideration when hiring. “I definitely look for staff that are going to be happy and fulfilled, nothing altruistic about it. This way they project a genuine passion and excitement about their work to both clients and candidates in a natural unforced way – there is no better PR!”

TFPL's international roles

TFPL are widely known as specialist recruiters in information and knowledge management, library, records management and web and content management in the UK.

We also recruit internationally - here are details of some of our current vacancies.

A Records Manager is required in Frankfurt, Germany to play an integral role in supporting several records management initiatives. £25k. Ref: 19470LS

A leading provider of business and knowledge management solutions is looking for a Taxonomy Consultant to join their team in Paris, France. c.€57-64k Ref: 19837CV

A New Business Development sales professional with a background in the library, publishing or information marketplace is required in Singapore. £26-32k + bonus Ref: 19970LR

A leading international law firm in Tortola based in the The British Virgin Islands require an experienced Law Librarian. £Neg Ref: 20295PA

A leading international aid organisation requires an experienced Information Strategist in South East, UK for a 6 month fixed term contract. There is an element of international travel. £40-43k Ref: 20352LJ

If you are interested in any of our international roles, email your CV to recruitment@tfpl.com