Live Event, Experiential and Brand Experience musings

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...

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...

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...

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...

I mean, this is literally the bare minimum you should expect from a recruiter, but so many people focus on just this part and that’s why I believe 90% of the recruitment industry deserves its reputation. Recruitment for me is all about adding value. The recruitment...

Why is it when a new recruitment stakeholder comes into the business, they automatically assume all previous relationships are not worth s**t. Yes, I understand people have their own recruiters they’ve worked with before, however, to completely refuse to meet the...