This is a YouTube video titled "Why You Should Use a Treasury Recruiter to Grow your Team with Stephen Long" containing a monologue or talk by Stephen Long recorded in February 2019. The content discusses the importance of relationships in treasury recruitment, the value of people over machines, and the evolving role of communication technology in recruitment.
Are there more good treasury people out there now? No, you just know about them. It's knowing and being able to have the relationship I have with you enables me to find these people, to find the hidden gems. I would say be confident, take the opportunities that arise that are right for you. Don't always go into a situation because there are some horrible situations out there. Learn from everyone around you because everyone has something to add. They wouldn't be there if they weren't. To their personality. When I started out at the bank, I was adamant I would never have a mobile phone because why would I need one? There's a phone at home and there are phones on street corners. Why would I need a phone? But communication is so important these days. LinkedIn and the other recruitment apps are so prevalent and so easy to use. But even with all that technology, I still come back to the relationship with the recruiters and I've got good relationships with most of the treasury recruiters. Those are the things you leverage. I still think it's a people driven business. I still think recruitment relies on people and knowing people. And I think that's, that's where the value is for me. I think that you do need the people rather than, rather than the machines. Machines have their place and obviously, as you say, they expand your reach, expand your awareness of things. I was talking to the tax director before I came in here and he was talking about the earthquake in Indonesia. He said, are there more earthquakes now? I said, no, you just know about them.