With Family Offices hiring more than ever before and hundreds of opportunities on offer for those of you who aspire to join them, we thought we would bring together our top three candidate resources to help you make a move.

The Ideal CV

In first place is our guide to creating the ideal CV. Agreus Advisor Chloe Walker offers her take on the ideal length and format of a CV when applying to Family Office Jobs, the do’s and don’ts on Social Media, her advice on including pictures in CVs and how to explain gaps in employment. Download the full guide to creating the Ideal CV here.

Interview Questions

Make sure you are best prepared for questions about your qualifications, experience and cultural fit capacity within the Family Office by reading our Family Office Interview Questions:

  • What type of culture do you thrive in? (Does this response reflect your newly defined culture?
  • What values are you drawn to?
  • In your friendship group, which friend are you?
  • What is your ideal workplace?
  • What best practice would you bring with you that ensures a great culture?
  • Tell me a time you worked for a Family Office where you were not a good Cultural Fit?
  • Are you more comfortable with a hierarchical organisation or a flat structure?
  • Do you work better independently or in a team?
  • Do you have any experience working in a similar sized team? If so, how easy was it for you to work in that close knit environment?
  • Would you call yourself a natural leader?
  • Are you a problem solver? Can you give me an example of where you solved a problem in the workplace?
  • Do you prefer autonomy or guidance?

The Colours

The hiring process often includes psychometric testing, competency quizzes and open ended questions but something that is often forgotten, is personality.

Each and every person has a different personality. From those that are loud, powerful and decisive to others who are perhaps more peaceful, agreeable and diplomatic. Each of us possess a different personality and something used to measure them is “the people test.”

The Hartman Personality Profile as it is officially titled, uses four colours. Red, Green, Yellow and Blue. Each colour represents a personality type and by downloading our guide you cannot only see what colour personality you have but also discover who you might look for in a future leader. You can also take your findings into interview to really impress your next interviewer.

Read the colour guide here.

For more guidance on everything from acing an interview to diversifying your new Family Office’s investment portfolio, visit our knowledgebase and for a conversation about your next career move, please get in touch by messaging one of the team or emailing us at info@agreusgroup.com.