Does this seem familiar? We’re looking for a dynamic marketer to lead the [insert group name] team. In this role you will manage a talented group of marketing professionals to drive growth, build market share and increase awareness among target markets. Working closely with your colleagues in [insert department], [insert department] and [insert department], you […]
Marketing Recruiting is Broken Part 4: Guess Who Blew the Interview?
I am not ashamed to admit that pivot tables terrify me. I love that pivot tables exist and I am just enough of a data geek that I can pivot data until it throws up faster than a toddler with a corn dog. But only if someone builds the initial table for me. Since I […]
Marketing Recruiting is Broken Part 3: Pages of Despair
I think that if most professionals wrote reports, briefs, letters, plans or even email as incompetently as they write job descriptions, our knowledge-based economy would crumble and we would all be herding something that bleats. Which may or may not be different from what we do at work today, but would be infinitely sadder. Visit […]
Marketing Recruitment is Broken Part 2: Expose Yourself to ART
Here’s a fun task for a day when you don’t have much to do. Go online, find a terrific-sounding position at a great company and start applying for it using their nifty online recruiting system. The website promises it uses state-of-the-art algorithms to mine your data and find you that perfect role. If you could […]
Marketing Recruitment is Broken Part 1: Bethany's Revenge
Meet my friends Pam and Ron. Pam has been trying to hire a marketing specialist for months. Not enough experience, too much experience, degree in botany, no industry experience; the list of reasons not to hire someone is endless. Ron, on the other hand, has been wandering, with his spider plant, around the parking lots […]
