SPP: Attracting and retaining talent within the pensions industry

Harriet Burchett asks how we can make pensions an industry people aspire to join

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Harriet Burchett: We need to change the narrative about how people join the industry
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Harriet Burchett: We need to change the narrative about how people join the industry

The Society of Pension Professionals’ (SPP’s) latest column for Professional Pensions, looks at how the industry can help shape the future of the pensions profession.

From my early teens I wanted to become a lawyer. However, if you'd asked me what type of law I wanted to practice, I wouldn't have said pensions. In fact, I wasn't even aware it was an area of law ...

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