HRM

Case study : SG Cowen

Presented by:
Pulkit Gupta
Rajdeep Dutta
Nitin Bharti

Rajeev Ranjan
Prateek Singh
Md. Zeeshan Shamim

Introduction

Case talks about the various technique which

were implemented in recruiting the candidates.
What are the characteristics company is looking
in a candidate .
What are problems faced by the company in the
recruitment process.
Problems in the Investment banking sector

Problems in Investment
banking sector
There was consolidation in the investment
banking sector.
IB(investment banking) faced criticism due to
conflict of interest, the firms who execute IPO
also have research analyst , and they use to ask
investors to buy the IPO executed by their
company , when company is in loss.
Another problem was availability of talent,
which were lured by other sectors.
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SG Cowen
This investment banking company records profit
by adopting a different strategy .
Focused on emerging companies who were
also promising
Ares were the investment were floated was
volatile but profitable too, i.e. Healthcare and
Technology

Culture building
Fennebresque said The most important
client was inside the company not out side.
According to Fennebresque , they were
looking for the people who love technology
and emerging growth.
Rae said I try to get people to act and
behave like a firm
Firm believed that the people who were
recruited should share the belief and values
and hence wants to hire candidate who

Raes Strategy
Shifting focus from top 10 B-school to top 15 to
25 and attract the best students from their.
In interviews, dont aggressively push the senior
banker of the company, rather senior bankers
coordinates at super Saturday.
In first round of interview , cultural compatibility
or adaptability was measured before the
analytical and academic background.