‘Financial fluency’: What recruiting companies need from job-seeking marketers
Molly InnesWith fewer opportunities and a demand to be “commercially astute”, the hiring landscape for marketers is challenging, according to recruiters.
With fewer opportunities and a demand to be “commercially astute”, the hiring landscape for marketers is challenging, according to recruiters.
With more than half of marketers looking for a new role, what is the best way to navigate the hurdles of a recruitment system that has never demanded more from candidates?
A third of marketers aren’t receiving upskilling from their employers, according to Marketing Week’s 2023 Career and Salary Survey. What are the consequences, and what can marketers do themselves?
More than half of marketers believe their employer is providing adequate training, while the vast majority feel they already have the right combination of skills required by businesses.
Marketers are noticing a data and analytics skills gap at work, with most organisations looking to fill the void by hiring ahead of upskilling.
Marketing Week’s 2023 Career and Salary Survey reveals the skills gaps businesses are identifying, with a lack of understanding around data and analytics coming top.
From focusing on the short term and worrying about a recession to not defining brand management, why do marketers think their businesses are undervaluing skills that focus on the long term?
Marketing Week’s 2023 Career and Salary Survey reveals the skills marketers believe businesses are undervaluing, with marketing strategy, brand management and data analysis ranking highest.
From issues around measurement to lack of authenticity, why do marketers think social media is the most overrated skill by businesses?
Marketing Week’s 2023 Career and Salary Survey reveals the skills marketers believe their businesses overrate with social media, performance marketing and digital ranked highest.
You’re a talented, out-of-work marketer but every job ad seems to buy into the worst digital claptrap, so what do you do? Pretend you do too.
Marketers with skills in digital and strategy are also in high demand, according to LinkedIn, which reveals marketing is one of the most sought after skills businesses are looking to hire for generally across all functions.
As uncertainty continues to dent business confidence, brands are banking on team restructures and specialist skills to drive momentum forwards.
Marketers at the top of their game possess 10 key traits, according Mark Ritson, from the willingness to trangress, an affinity with simplicity and an understanding that strategy means sacrifice.
The pace of change within marketing often means those returning from a career break, in particular women returning from maternity leave, face a digital skills confidence gap, exacerbated by the behaviour of employers.
Almost four in 10 of those marketers who took part in the DMA’s digital micro-upskilling scheme preferred it to their previous learning experiences.
Laying out her priorities for the marketing and advertising industry, Michelle Donelan said the DCMS would continue with its plan to introduce online advertising regulations.
Digital marketing expertise is the top skill marketers are listing on their LinkedIn profiles, trumping knowledge of marketing strategy and advertising.
As brands continue to hire in 2023 despite the economic headwinds, content emerges as an in-demand role for businesses across the marketing spectrum.
With the demands on marketers forever changing, is coaching the answer to career success?
Marketers see GenAI as a productivity aid, but in reality that means more work in the same time, not the same in less.
The Marketing Academy Foundation hopes its free employability workshops will help diverse young talent negotiate their first steps in the marketing industry.
Many jobseeking marketers are spending hundreds of pounds on CV rewrites and coaching – but some headhunters argue this shouldn’t come at a cost.
Brands still hold all the cards when it comes to the job market, but some green shoots might be emerging, say recruiters.
AI can help recruiters tackle high applicant volumes, but it can’t take on a large role, says Michael Kienle, global vice-president of talent acquisition at L’Oréal.
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From complicated application processes to negative narratives, young people embarking on marketing careers face an uphill battle.
Marketing is where L’Oréal gets its leaders from, so supporting diverse employees to build a career is vital for future growth, says talent boss Michael Kienle.
Data-driven, savvy, creative – these are just some of the qualities L’Oréal wants from its marketers, says Micheal Kienle, global VP of talent acquisition.
A new alliance aims to connect under-represented young people with career opportunities in the marketing industry.