About Brian Soper
Brian Soper has been helping regional and community banks in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions identify and recruit talent for over 18 years.
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2021 Holiday Humor from KSB Consulting
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Finding Employees with Mental Strength
We all want to hire employees with mental toughness and grit. But what does true mental strength look like? The attached article provides a great description of mental strength including the abilities to delay gratification, to keep fighting when you … Continue reading
Posted in Executive Recruiting, KSB Consulting
Tagged 2018, candidates, emotional intelligence, mental toughness, Soper
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Top 10 LinkedIn Tips for Banking Professionals
As a recruiter for mid-senior level positions in the financial services industry, I spend a fair amount of time researching candidates and referral sources on LinkedIn. It is amazing to me how many banking professionals have out-of-date, inaccurate, or otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Executive Recruiting, KSB Consulting
Tagged 2018, candidates, executive recruiting, hiring, KSB Consulting, LinkedIn, position description, resume, Soper
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Holiday Humor from KSB Consulting – 2017
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Time to clean up and speed up your recruitment process?
The article below has some good advice. Perhaps now is the time to step back and evaluate how effectively you are responding to top talent (or are you missing some altogether?). Many very good HR people I know are overwhelmed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, banking, candidates, hiring, screening, Soper
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How To Negotiate The Salary You Deserve
The article below encourages candidates to understand and communicate their value to a prospective employer. This is something I frequently discuss with candidates, and an important “lens” to use from the first meeting to the final negotiation. Understanding the value … Continue reading
Posted in Executive Recruiting, KSB Consulting
Tagged 2017, banking, candidates, compensation, executive recruiting, interviewing, salary, Soper
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Holiday Humor from KSB Consulting – 2016
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Tagged 2016, executive recruiting, holiday, Soper
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Recruiting and Enticing High Performing Teams
See below a great article from Laura Hay at Pearl Meyer about recruiting and enticing teams. We are seeing banks get more aggressive and creative to get top talent in key expansion markets. I encourage my clients to understand WHAT is … Continue reading
Posted in Executive Recruiting
Tagged 2016, banking, candidates, compensation, executive recruiting, hiring, Soper
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Attracting and Retaining Commercial Bankers
The article below highlights the challenges that many of my clients are having attracting and retaining top commercial banking talent as they work hard to profitably grow the bank. I thought it was worth sharing. Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:54 … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Executive Recruiting, KSB Consulting
Tagged 2016, banking, candidates, compensation, hiring, Soper
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Characteristics of High Emotional Intelligence
At KSB Consulting, we pay attention to Emotional Intelligence as a part of how we evaluate candidates in our recruiting process. Our sister company, Ascend Profiles, uses personality profiling to assess each candidate’s Emotional Intelligence. The article below provides 10 … Continue reading