Recruitment Trends for Q1 2026 and What I’m Seeing Next
I spend my time speaking to owners, HR leaders and C-suite decision makers across events, experiential and MICE, so what follows isn’t theory. It’s what’s actually happening on the ground. Q1 2026 has been shaped by the after-effects of last year’s mergers, a spike in...
Salary brackets on adverts say more than you think
The fastest way to lose a great candidate? Write “competitive salary” on the job advert. Because for some reason, plenty of employers still think it’s acceptable to write “competitive salary” or “DOE” (depending on experience) and expect people to jump through...
Where will the leaders of tomorrow come from?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. as in the conversations I keep having behind the scenes, owners are nervous. Everyone’s talking about AI. About remote working. About efficiency, automation, scale., and they’re right to. None of that is going away, and...
