Live Event, Experiential and Brand Experience musings

I’ll start this newsletter by opening a can of worms: it’s not your recruiter’s responsibility to make your workplace a more diverse and inclusive environment. Creating an inclusive and diverse workplace starts way before you even pick up the phone. An employer needs...

This is the first in a quarterly series of recruitment trends I will be producing focussed on the #eventprofs #experientialmarketing sectors. This quarter the key word is uncertainty. Companies are still recruiting and jobseekers are applying for roles, but there is a...

Staff retention is hugely important to all businesses. It can be confusing because when it relates to new starters (first 12 months) it’s called attrition. This article isn’t looking at long term retention – because that’s not my area of expertise, and that’s when the...

Recruitment is a very interesting world to inhabit at the moment. In my 20 plus year event and recruitment career, I’ve pretty much seen and heard everything, but nothing has prepared me for the ridiculously over the top counter offers I’ve seen over the past six...

I get that everyone is really busy at the moment, and diaries are totally stacked; BUT everyone wants to recruit and we all know that recruitment is vitally important to get right. So why does recruitment end up being a side of the desk job – something to be looked at...

In last month’s column, my advice was targeted at the job seeker, so for this month, I’d like to share some advice for the employer / the interviewer. First things first, all interviewers have to remember that the interview is a two-way thing; it’s not just a process...