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.
Right is right even if no one is doing it & wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
So, the latest C&IT’s state of the industry report has come out and obviously the dreaded ‘B’ word tops the agenda of the industry’s key challenges, however for the gazillionth year running, 'talent' is in the top 3. This is no surprise as attracting, selecting...
How conscious is your unconscious bias?
This is a big problem in #recruitment #HR #talent but also in a wider sense. Issue is, no one admits it as we’re all too busy telling people “we don’t see colour” “age is but a number” etc. etc. Here’s a real test for you. You receive a LinkedIn connection request...
How big is your package?
What's your current salary? Seems innocuous right? Apparently not. This question splits #recruitment #talent & #HR professionals down the middle. Why? On one side, you have those that answer it doesn’t matter what they’re on, it’s what they’re worth to a business...
Pay peanuts, get…
Event people putting on events for event people, recipe for disaster or what could go wrong? The crux of the matter here is the branding, positioning, and marketing around these events. If you’re a networking event, say so, if you’re a really good one, you won’t need...
Do you have any questions for me?
These are the words that any interviewee dreads, especially if the interviewer is from the stone age and only asks this at the end of the interview. There’s a lot of undue pressure placed on this very leading question, ask nothing and you think they’ll feel you’re not...
Money for nothing??
Should agencies within the events/experiential sector charge for pitching seems to be a hot topic at the moment. The answer is no. I get the complaints, it takes time, money, effort, brainpower etc. to create the work only to be told “you were a close number 2 this...
