27 NOVEMBER 2015

FROM NOVEMBER 2015’s RECRUITER MAGAZINE

Logan Naidu, chief executive of financial services recruitment firm Dartmouth Partners

Having come from a male-dominated changing room, Eva Carneiro should consider entering the world of high finance and investment banking. She is already adept at handling fragile egos, short tempers and everyone thinking they’re the ‘Special One’.

Her medical training will come also come in useful for the herds of analysts who routinely work 90-hour weeks and suffer from sleep deprivation, exhaustion and frequently the ‘hair dryer’ treatment from their superiors.

Rather like their football counterparts, the public perception of a group of overpaid, pampered, ego-driven individuals gathered together to operate as a ‘team’ is a world she knows well. 

She might want to omit Chelsea from her CV, though. Bankers like winners, and despite being Premier League champions, you’re only as good as your last game.

Sinead Hasson, managing director of Hasson Associates

Headstrong Carneiro won’t struggle to find another role. She acted with integrity, was true to her professional ethics and did precisely what she was employed to do. Any club would be lucky to have her. Moreover, had she not responded to the referee’s signal to come on the pitch, she may well have been in breach of General Medical Council guidelines. Eva’s clearly the right woman for the job and should focus on moving forward.

As for Mourinho, it’s a shame that the proposed rules to prohibit managers from interfering with medics weren’t already in place. If they were, it would be him who would have been walking.

Shame — he’d have made a wonderful ref or match official. He’s obviously level-headed, believes in fair play and, most importantly, would put safety of the players first. Or, perhaps he’s good paramedic material, you know, with all those great people skills. He copes well under pressure too, and his instinct for those in need of medical attention is clear for all to see.