Antony George Recruitment + Verve Foundation
A new route to early-career talent

Build your future team from the start.

Antony George Recruitment and the Verve Foundation bring two parts of the talent market together: specialist Financial Planning recruitment expertise and a growing pool of people actively looking for their first opportunity in financial services.

build the next layer of your team

potential deserves a place in the workforce plan.

Early-career hiring is not a lower-cost version of experienced recruitment. It is a different decision: where can your firm create a genuine first foothold and support someone with the motivation to build a career in financial services?

01 · Motivation

people actively choosing financial services.

Careers in Finance is built specifically for people starting out in the sector, so the pool begins with candidates who are actively looking for that first opportunity.

02 · Support

a clearer signal of preparation.

Verve New Talent alumni are identifiable on the platform. Their programme includes funded learning, workshops, mentoring, community support and help moving towards employment.

03 · Access

more routes into the profession.

Verve's programme is deliberately open to people from different backgrounds and prior experience, helping firms meet people who may not have followed the traditional route into Financial Planning.

The employer question
Which roles genuinely require experience today, and which could become stronger long-term hires if you gave the right person their first chance?
inside the employer route

browse first. decide second.

Once registered, employers can browse the Careers in Finance talent pool, filter by practical criteria and identify Verve New Talent alumni before deciding who they want to progress.

All candidates Location Skills New Talent alumni ♥

Early-career candidate

Example profile

Financial servicesSouth East

Early-career candidate

Example profile

Client supportMidlands

Early-career candidate

Example profile

ParaplanningNorth
VisibilitySee the available talent.

Once registered, employers can browse the full candidate pool before deciding who they want to progress.

RelevanceFilter before you engage.

Filter the pool by practical criteria such as skills and location before you engage.

SignalSpot New Talent alumni.

The heart marker identifies candidates who have been trained, mentored and supported through the New Talent programme.

Example profiles are illustrative and do not represent real candidates.

Register your firm
A useful signal, not the whole story

the wider talent pool comes first.

Careers in Finance includes motivated early-career candidates from different routes. Some have registered independently; others have completed Verve's New Talent programme. The heart simply helps employers recognise the latter.

New Talent
alumnus
Start with the requirement

What does this hire actually need?

Instead of forcing every vacancy through the same recruitment model, start with what the role needs and choose the route that best fits.

Is this a role where you can hire for potential, or do you need proven experience from day one?
Choose the Verve route when

You can develop the right person.

The role can suit someone beginning their career in financial services.
Your team has the time and structure to support development.
Motivation, aptitude and potential matter more than an established track record.
Choose Antony George when

You need established capability.

The role requires previous industry experience or technical depth.
You need a targeted search rather than relying only on active applicants.
The appointment needs a recruiter-led process, market mapping or specialist support.
Most firms will need both routes at different points.

The partnership gives employers a way to think about the whole talent pipeline rather than treating every hire as the same problem.

one workforce · two routes
The Foundation behind the platform

A newer recruitment route with established foundations.

Careers in Finance may be a newer route for employers, but it sits inside a Foundation that has already spent years helping people enter the sector, pass qualifications and supporting advice firms.

219exams passed
26full diplomas completed
170advice firms supported
Choose the route that fits the hire

Ready to build the next part of your team?

Whether you are opening the door to someone at the start of their career or need proven capability for a specialist brief, there is a clear next step.

Early-career talent

explore careers in finance

Register your firm with the Verve Foundation employer route to browse motivated candidates looking to begin their careers in financial services.

Register your firm
Experienced recruitment

Talk through your next experienced hire.

Use Antony George when the brief needs proven experience, targeted search and specialist financial-planning recruitment support.

Discuss an experienced hire

Careers in Finance is a Verve Foundation recruitment route. Antony George Recruitment remains a separate specialist recruitment service.