Blogs

Written by Natasha Ebdon, Consultant - Internal Communications After I graduated from the University of Leeds in 2011, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do long-term, but I knew I wanted something people-facing and I was keen to use my language skills – my degree was in French and Italian. I discovered recruitment agencies at this point and sent my CV far and wide, finding a ro...

Written by Danielle Hanson, Consultant - Interim Marketing I started working within the marketing recruitment industry six months ago. Having previously enjoyed working in the fast-paced, flashy TV advertising industry for 8 years, it felt intuitive to learn about the challenges businesses face with attracting the best marketing talent to anchor visionary strategies in order...

VMAGROUP’s Advisory Board is a great place for communications leaders to get together and ‘think tank’ ideas, discuss challenges, discover new trends, debate hot topics and generally let off a bit of steam with their peers in a safe environment. In case you were wondering, these Boards (also run out of the UK and the Netherlands) were established by the VMAGROUP leadership t...

International recruitment and executive search specialist for communications, digital and marketing, VMAGROUP, announces the promotion of Andy Macleod to a newly created position as Associate Director for the UK Interim Communications practice. Andy Macleod has been leading VMAGROUP’s UK Interim Internal Communications practice for the past three and a half years and this pr...

Written by Deborah Le, Principal Consultant - Interim internal and Change Communications Following my post last month, I’m pleased to share part 2 of my Building Communications blog. As consultants from VMA’s Internal Communications Practice, Kristy Carmichael and I met several communications specialists from the construction, property and outsourcing sectors to discuss and ...

I recently caught up with Sophie Moore, an internal communications professional, on her first few months at SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins, as well as her first experience in a merger and acquisition environment. It’s also interesting to hear from someone who has chosen IC as a profession, rather than falling into it as is normally the case! What does your role involve day-to-day? My ...

Written by Andrew Harvey, UK Managing Director at VMAGROUP This article first appeared on IoIC's The Voice online. When recruiting for a role, employers now place greater importance on candidates’ skills, attitude and aptitude. From our Inside Insight studies, we know that over 80 per cent of IC professionals believe IC experience in the same industry is not required when re...

Written by Deborah Le, Principal Consultant - Interim Internal and CHange Communications The construction and property sector has experienced some very interesting and challenging times in the last 12 months. From the Grenfell incident that shocked the nation in June last year, to the unexpected collapse of Carillion, resulting in thousands of job losses. As consultants from...

Written by Jessica Downie, Senior Consultant - Interim Communications VMAGROUP launched its first ever research into the external communications function, in its most comprehensive study, The View. It is a detailed report looking at communications teams and budget, the interim market, the growing influence of communications, remuneration, strategy and personal development. H...

Written by Matt Gibbs, Senior Consultant - Interim Internal and Change Communications I’ve now been a recruitment consultant at VMAGROUP for two years and to mark the occasion I thought I’d write a blog detailing my CV hints and tips to help job seekers secure their next role. No matter what the seniority or experience required, I believe there are some fundamental factors t...