When it comes to the PR industry, there seems to be an overriding acceptance from MDs and Senior Management, that talent ‘moves on’, on average every 2 years. More so at the junior level, where we so often see Account …
New PR job, what’s next?
You’ve just started your new PR job. Now what? How do you make sure that your first few months go smoothly? It’s quite common once you start your new role, to never really speak with your recruiter again. For us, …
Flexible working – its not all about the money!
We recently published the results of our 2019 salary survey – a survey based on remuneration & benefit information, provided to us anonymously by our PR agency clients. What was interesting, was to see how many of these agencies offer …
PR Interview: questions to ask your interviewer
When we meet with PR candidates ahead of their interviews, we brief them on the agency they’re meeting with, talk through the specifics of the role in question, and go through which key skills should be a focus during the …
PR Industry Trends: Salary Survey Results 2019
As we approach the new financial year, we thought it would be the perfect time to publish the results of our 2019 PR Industry Salary Survey. We asked a wide range of our PR agency clients to share their salary …
Returning to work after mat (or pat!) leave
I have just returned to the office for the first time since 3rd August 2018, when I started my 6 months of maternity leave. To say it was a shock to the system would be an understatement! I thought …
New year, new you!
So it’s the 3rd of January, we should all be over our hangovers from new year’s eve and ready to face the music after a long deserved break! Hopefully, you’ll be feeling refreshed and ready to take on whatever …
Working from Home – the Pros and Cons
Having the chance to work from home is something that a lot of us yearn for. Taking out the dreaded commute gives us the chance to do that early morning Yoga class, have a little lie in or spend your …
Top 5 Questions to prepare for in a PR interview
Interviews are interviews, and to be honest, unless you have a wonderfully creative potential employer (which hopefully you will), they are likely to be fairly similar no matter who you’re talking to. That being said, some might throw you a …
One Month In: A tale of babies, playlists and gut-rumblings
It’s been just over a month since I took an offer from Hartigan Recruitment. I had more than one offer on the table, and with my first baby on the way I had to make sure I made the right …