You’re building a successful marketing career and pursuing happiness in your wider life, but what if the pursuit of the former inhibits the latter? In a report funded by Axa insurance this month, 4 in 5 of employees said they felt stressed in a typical week and almost 1 in 10 felt stressed all the …
Following on from their automation report back in January, McKinsey has released a new report on the future of work this week. This holds weighty predictions for how technology, particularly automation, will shape the workforce of tomorrow. We might soon be facing a change on the scale of the past revolutions in agriculture and manufacturing …
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You’re sitting in a marketing interview, its all going well until…”any questions for me?” Interviewing for a marketing executive or marketing manager position? Some marketers dread the part where the interviewer asks them ‘do you have any questions for me?’ You needn’t. This is a chance to show that you’ve done your research on the …
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Today (27th October) is National Mentoring Day. We’ve discussed mentoring on our blog before. As I’m sure you know, employees at all stages of their careers can benefit from entering into mentoring relationships and programmes (formal or informal) – both as mentee and mentor. We’ve interviewed marketing mentors and mentees for previous blog posts to …
It seems the world is finally waking up to issues surrounding workplace mental health and support – this is fantastic news. There have been a number of articles in the news this last year about workplace mental health, such as this latest one published today (26th October) on BBC news, in which Chief Executive of …
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We see marketers taking very different approaches to their career. There are two polar opposite kinds of ‘career builder’ in particular: The Spontaneous Reactionaries It’s hard going building a career path – which is why many of you just go with the flow and see which opportunity comes your way next. Often …
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Recommend us a star recruiter – you might just win a holiday! Here at Marketing Moves we are entering an exciting period of growth and looking to expand both our permanent and interim teams. We’d like your help. Can you recommend someone you have worked with (either as a candidate or employer) during the last …
Well done, you’re in demand. Having multiple job offers puts you in a privileged position. You have control over your future. However, you also face all the anxiety of standing at a crossroads. Why? Because it can be difficult to tell the right path. Think back. In the past you may have taken a job out …
For those of you just starting out in your marketing careers or changing companies – the chances are you’ll be faced with a marketing automation system that will be new to you. There are quite a number of solutions out there, from the big players like Marketo, Eloqua, Pardot, Hubspot to the slightly lesser …
If employers could answer this question and act accordingly, retention rates would be through the proverbial roof. At Marketing Moves, we draw on our daily discussions with candidates on their reasons for leaving, to give you 2 pieces of advice each week on how to be an employer that no marketer wants to leave (or …
What motivates marketers to stick it out or up sticks? Read More »