Welcome to Virtue

Virtue Consulting is a leading Auckland based  Banking and Financial Services recruitment firm, actively matching industry career opportunities with high quality candidates across the banking and financial markets sector. Whilst many of our roles are in Auckland, we also actively recruit in Wellington, Christchurch and throughout regional New Zealand.

Our flag’s in your corner – we take the time to listen to your needs and work closely with candidates and clients to create successful hiring outcomes.  We operate with long term relationships built on personalised service, deep industry knowledge, innovative recruiting strategies and quality results.

Our core client and candidate relationships are built across 25 years recruiting within the Auckland/NZ financial services and banking sector. We deal with extremely high profile brands and have built a strong reputation within the industry and prove that you don’t have to be the biggest to be the best. It takes time, experience, credibility and connectivity to act for the best and continue dealing with the best over the longer term.

We are a bespoke business focusing across a wide variety of Permanent, Contract and Temporary recruitment mandates in all areas of banking and financial services (except IT). Give us a call anytime or reach out on-line, we look forward to working with you!

While here, why not have a look through our vacancies and see if there is a role well suited to your skill set or a friends. If you refer a friend, who goes on to be placed in a role, you can win $500 cash. So, it’s definitely worth a look!

Our Recruitment Specialists

Chris Heswall

Chris has been facilitating recruitment opportunities and career advisory services for Banking/Financial professionals in New Zealand since 1992 and for six years prior across Australian Financial Markets.

Chris established Virtue Consulting in July 2004, and over the past 10 years has established significant candidate networks and high level connections with decision makers across banking and financial markets.

Chris operates using a consultative approach and offers deep talent networks through search and sourcing for a range of roles from mid-level sales and operational roles, up to executive management positions.

• Phone (09) 309 2902
• Mobile 021 764456
• email Chris  

Collette Gascoigne-Spittle

After an extensive sales and relationship career within the insurance and motor industries, Collette has been successfully consulting in the recruitment industry since 2009.

Having returned home from the UK to New Zealand in 2011 (where she worked with a large global recruitment brand in London) Collette brings experience, energy, and commitment to the Virtue team.

Collette manages a Hybrid desk with her main focus being on permanent recruitment.  She works across graduate roles through to mid-level executive roles.  Her areas of speciality include sales, asset finance, wealth, compliance, operations, clients services and credit.

• Phone (09) 309 2902
• Mobile 021 246 6310
• email Collette  

Expertise

We aim to be problem solvers! When partnering with larger clients, we work closely with internal recruitment to provide "hard to find" candidates through our active search networks, across specialised or senior positions. We avoid process duplication by using search actions ahead of standard recruitment advertising methods, without adding cost. We equally value working closely with SME or locally boutique global clients, acting as their external recruitment partner to build candidate talent pipelines or appoint crucially important roles to specific parts of their business.

• SEARCH MADE SIMPLE

  We’ve re-written the rule book saying candidate search is reserved for “head-hunters” filling executive appointments. In today’s candidate short market, every role requires a proactive search and networking process to find the best quality candidates. We’ve adapted a range of tailored search strategies to fit all levels of roles we work on, but without the traditional terms and fees associated with traditional search firms.

• TALENT ATTRACTION

  We’ve established a network of talent scouts who support our brand across the financial services sector, referring fresh talent across all levels of roles. Our mantra is to be uniquely personal and whilst we’ve embraced social media, we’ve built a significant “off-line” community of real people who genuinely “like” us. Fans who refer talent to US that we pass on to YOU. Repeat business and word of mouth referrals #BACKTOTHEFUTURE

• LOCALLY OWNED/RELATIONSHIP DRIVEN

  We play to our own tune with no influence from “big brother” shareholder stress to meet transactional sales targets or numbers driven KPI’s. We encourage team behaviour ahead of personal gain. Working with clients, we strive for quality over quantity when short-listing. We employ experienced recruiters with empowerment to adapt and act on individual client requirements quickly. If you’re a candidate, we promise to be open, honest and transparent around offering specialist market career and employment advice, with an on-going commitment to stay in touch.

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