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The Pulse, a new study produced by VMAGROUP Asia, was designed to go beyond the average salary survey, delving more deeply into market trends and predictions and, where possible, sharing recommendations for both hiring managers and candidates. It gives us a holistic view of the corporate communications market in Asia right now, how each discipline is evolving in its own righ...

Whilst a career move is of course a very personal choice, there are undoubtedly some common motivating factors that drive people towards new opportunities. With this in mind, we recently undertook a project to really pinpoint what these key factors were and understand what attracts communications professionals in Europe to new roles, whether they've been actively looking to ...

No one would dispute that London remains the mother-ship for the UK’s communication industry. According to recent research some 63% of the UK’s communications workforce is based in the capital or the South East. Over the last few years however, the opportunities to work outside London have expanded. This is a result of companies relocating, communication teams become more di...

Is caution and cost creating a state of mediocrity in the communications profession? And when did "only the best will do" suddenly become "that will do"? In our experience, the last few years have increasingly seen cost being the driving force behind hiring new talent, rather than just one factor in the decision making process. More often than not, companies are being tasked...

Working at VMAGROUP for the last few months, I have become familiarised with the terms ‘Marketing communication jobs’, ‘marketing communications recruitment’, ‘marketing communications manager’, phrases I had not previously encountered with such regularity. As someone new to the world of marketing and marketing communications it quickly became apparent that familiarisation w...

I have a passion for digital communications, and am very lucky that I spend my days working with digital clients and helping people in my (online) communities get their dream digital communications jobs.This has allowed me an "insiders" view of the marketplace, so in my third and final blog, I look at how digital communications fits into the grander digital picture. In my la...

In my last blog, I looked at business digital maturity, with reference to the fantastic research in CapGemini's 'The Digital Advantage' report. Despite a growing market, reflected here at VMA Group in the abundance of digital communications jobs we now have available, companies have reacted in very different ways. And whilst ambitions of Digital Digerati status no doubt have...

Digital is everywhere. It has us swiping our phones across readers to board flights, holding video-conversations across the globe, and buying our groceries while sat on the train; its potential to empower us as individuals and in business is limitless. Digital communications jobs are now commonplace, but when it comes to businesses, however, there remains trepidation and con...

One of the anomalies of the communication industry is that many PR/Comms professionals who have excellent skills in positioning, representing and protecting their company’s products and brand, often fall short when it comes to selling themselves; they lose sight of their own capabilities behind a corporate mask. As professional recruiters we see this at both ends of the scal...

Let’s be honest, interviewing is not everyone’s cup of tea; it can be nerve-wracking, particularly if it’s for a role you really, really want. Our job as recruiters is to try and guide you through the process, and the following advice is all about getting your foot in the door. It is worth noting that first and foremost, your initial interview may not be with your prospectiv...