‘The shopping list is too long’: Marketing recruitment still a ‘buyer’s market’
Brands still hold all the cards when it comes to the job market, but some green shoots might be emerging, say recruiters.
By Molly Innes
From brands taking advantage of out-of-work marketers by extending already lengthy interview processes, to perpetual restructures and low-balled salaries, Marketing Week has chartered the highs – few they are – and many lows of recruitment over the past 18 months.
Mid-year, the verdict is in. The challenges continue for marketers and businesses continue to hold the cards.
While the consensus is marketers are largely at the mercy of brands as recruitment remains a “buyer’s market”, green shoots could be emerging as the market picks up, albeit from a standing start.
Here’s what marketing recruiters and headhunters are saying about the job market today.
