Earlier today we held our monthly #RecHangout discussed which was a Marketing and Digital Recruitment Awards (MDRA) special with a a panel of specialists discussing how to find and recruit the missing, modern digital marketing professional.
We had our usual fabulous hosts in Alan Whitford – Abtech Partnership, Mark Stephens – Smart Recruit Online and Louis Welcomme – Colleague Software and our guests were MDRA finalists, Joe Curtis (3Search) and Jamie Webber (RedCat Digital), along with Mark Russell (Ph. Creative) and Simon Lewis (MDRA founder).
We talked about the shortage of expert digital marketing specialists, engaging with digital marketing specialists and what makes a good digital marketing recruiter. You can watch it all here#
Here are some links you might find interesting:
Talent shortage continues to affect marketing and media sector – APSCo article with Simon Lewis
The UK’s marketing talent shortage is worsening outside London
The subject of whether the best digital marketing recruiters are those with backgrounds in their industry was discussed with no consensus. However, what was agreed is that you can’t be a good digital marketing recruiter unless you have great recruiting skills (this is the same for any niche by the way!!). Here are a “notes” from previous RecHangouts which touch on this subject:
Why are we still ballsing up recruiting basics with candidates?
What Do The Best Recruiters Do Better?
We also spent a bit of time talking about the use of video in recruitment and these two articles are a great overview of some of the options:
8 Ways to Use Video for Recruiting
Using video to engage with candidates
Finally you should read this blog from one of our guests, Mark Russell, on How To Find & Recruit The Missing Digital Marketing Specialist |t – 4 Key Takeaways
Our next hangout will be in December and details will be here soon.
