Live Event, Experiential and Brand Experience musings
Here you’ll find recruitment news, plus event and brand experience commentary
This is where I share my insights based on 20+ years observing and experiencing the sector’s recruitment challenges and opportunities.
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Disclaimer: I’m not the oracle, no one knows what’s really going on.
How to do a Killer Interview Part 1: The Job Seeker
Job seekers tend to assume that the interview starts and ends with the face-to-face meeting, but there’s lots you can do before and after to make sure you stand out. It’s worth me pointing out early on in this column that I believe interviews now should be conducted...
No over 50s please
Why ageism seems to be an acceptable discrimination… We all rightly talk about the next generation of event profs and we all discuss the talent pipeline – and by that we mean the people coming into the industry at the beginning of their careers, as graduates or...
How do you do fellow kids?
Millennials (those born between 1981 and ‘96) were apparently the second largest age group to leave the workforce during the pandemic. We all know that we need next generation employees for our businesses to flourish, so how do we attract and retain Millennials? The...
Personalisation
As we settle into post pandemic life, there’s one thing we can all agree on: there is no back to normal. Employers need to embrace the biggest mindset change of the last decade; one hundred thousand people are not coming back into our industry, and attitudes and the...
Need, Deserve, Want?
Last month I wrote about the great resignation and explained how to work out if you should join in, or stay put. Whether you decide to ‘stick’ or ‘twist’, being equipped to handle salary negotiations will be very important. If you twist then you will have to...
Stick or twist – The great resignation is looming
The great resignation is looming; how do you decide whether to join in or not, and why employers have to act now to avoid it (but *spoiler alert* it may be too late…) The last couple of years have had a huge impact on people (#understatement), and their work...
