Not a single day goes by without engaging in some variation of that question….
It is always followed up with …. “Is hiring increasing, are companies doing better and of course, how is my business?”…. I appreciate that people ask and anyone that knows me will tell you that I am always willing to give them my honest (and often long winded response). (more…)
As the fourth quarter comes running at us we are keenly aware that the search for critical talent is heating up for the end of the year….especially in the ecommerce or internet marketing departments of every company we speak to. Every multichannel organization that we are working with is adding talent in the areas of online/internet/ecommerce. We have recently placed two Directors of Online Marketing an SEO Manager, a VP Ecommerce, a Director of Ecommerce Marketing and a User Experience Manager… but that is not the only hiring going on. We have recently completed searches for an Executive Creative Director, a Director of Inventory Control and a CMO to name a few. Those creative and inventory areas have been very quiet since the turn in the economy and we believe that this is an indicator that things are moving in the right direction. (more…)
As I enter into the blogosphere for the first time I was wondering what to write about and I thought one of the most relevant topics to me these days wasn’t necessarily the job market or the economy or the state of recruiting…the most relevant thing was the death of “Direct Marketing”! (more…)
M. Ward Perrott