Hiring good people for compliance departments is getting harder as young professionals increasingly gravitate toward business careers with more curb appeal.
Many in the sector say it is a struggle to hire top early-career professionals, in part because of its emphasis on helping companies stay ahead of legal requirements. It is also a grind to recruit young professionals with the necessary mindset and skills for compliance work, employers say. […]
“You don’t go to school to become a compliance officer,” said John Gilmore, co-founder and managing partner of BarkerGilmore, a boutique executive search firm.
Those involved in hiring are fighting back by painting a more complex portrait of compliance, positioning the work at the intersection of evolving regulatory regimes and technological change, and as a force against financial crime and terrorism.
Source: Compliance Wants to Go From Back-Office-Boring to Front-of-Mind Career Path – WSJ