The Truth About the Current Fintech Talent Shortage, with Nadia Edwards-Dashti | FG Podcast 165

Meet Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Chief Customer Officer at Harrington Starr and host of FinTech's DEI Discussions Podcast. Her agency runs close to 1,000 interviews every three months across technology, sales, risk, and executive roles in payments, crypto, and financial services. With 22 years in recruitment, Nadia joins Igor Tomych to talk through the toughest hiring downturn she has seen, how it differs from 2008, why ghost jobs and silent searches are quietly damaging employer brands, and why succession planning now decides who wins the next fintech talent war.

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Who's Training the Juniors? Fintech Hiring in the AI Era, with Nadia Edwards-Dashti: https://youtu.be/-bHQioYtEp0

Chapters:
00:51 – State of the UK fintech hiring market
04:36 – 2008 vs 2026: what's actually different this time
08:41 – Who's accountable when AI writes the code
13:23 – Do companies feel confident right now
17:54 – Ghost jobs and silent searches explained
20:30 – Why candidates deserve to be treated like customers
26:42 – Succession planning and the coming junior talent gap
31:52 – How to identify potential fairly

The Fintech Garden is hosted by Igor Tomych, founder and CEO of DashDevs, and Dumitru Condrea, founder and CEO of Novafin. All conversations revolve around the world of fintech, movers and shakers, and how decisions are made. Make sure to tune in to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to how the world of finance is evolving before our eyes.

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