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5 reasons for using niche job boards for marketing jobs
A massive trend in recent years has been the growth of highly-targeted, specialist job boards, covering just about every career sector under the sun – ideal for finding marketing jobs.
Underemployed? How to get more hours
Many people in marketing jobs are ‘underemployed’ meaning they would like to work longer hours. How can they take advantage of having time on their hands, and further their career in marketing?
Any questions? DON’T ask this at your marketing job interview
Asking three or four sensible questions can have a very positive effect on the impression you leave with the interview panel when you go for a marketing job.
10 steps to a new marketing job
Landing a new job in marketing in the current environment is going to be challenging, but if you are determined and focused you can achieve the goal of an exciting new career move this year
How much will marketing salaries rise in 2013? Expect 3.6% says new survey
A new marketing salary survey has found that over a quarter of marketers did not enjoy a pay rise at all in 2012, and for a third the rise was a paltry 3% or less.
Marketing job interviews: When does confidence look like arrogance?
Often the failure of the under confident candidate and the over confident candidate boils down to the same thing: a failure to research.
Be like Bond: Advice for graduate marketing job applicants
Have you ever thought why James Bond is so successful? Why can’t I be more like him? Well now you can! We have broken down what makes James Bond so successful and how you can be just as successful in your graduate job search and career.
Don’t be the ‘colouring-in department’ warns Marketing Society president
At the Marketing Society Conference in London this week, society president Amanda Mackenzie called on the marketing community to behave more ethically and work to improve its standing in business management.
Mackenzie, who is also Aviva’s chief marketing and communications officer, said the marketing industry needed to be bolder to avoid being seen as “the colouring-in department”.
Dos and don’ts for Marketing Graduates
For marketing graduates specifically, the competition can be exceptionally fierce. Due to the popularity of this career choice, marketing graduates certainly need to make sure they perform to the best of their ability in 2013 in order to ensure triumph in the job hunt.