Job Searching for Marketing Professionals

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Introduction

Of all careers, marketing executives really need a professional CV. You are judged by your presentation and your facility with words and your ideas. Make sure that your CV reflects this.

Agencies who specialise in Marketing Professionals

  • Mark Mitchell Sales & Marketing
  • Marketing People
  • Alternatives
  • HRM
  • CPL

Tailoring your CV

  • Keep it to two pages
  • List the software packages used
  • Career achievements and goals
  • Provide links to the websites of products or brands you have been responsible for

What do employers look for in Marketing Professionals?

  • A solid progressive career
  • Additional study i.e. PR, IDMA, Masters
  • Specialist software i.e. Spaceman, SPSS etc
  • Individual initiatives, an entrepreneurial flair, ownership of tasks from concept through to final execution
  • Managing budgets, growing additional market share
  • Professionalism
  • Stay informed on the business scene - read the business pages Irish Times, Sunday Business Post and Business Plus
  • Participate in the Marketing Institute, Irish Direct Marketing Association, the Marketing Society
  • Display personal development and a positive attitude

What do employers avoid?

Patchy careers - lots of jobs showing no career progress

Questions to ask at interview

Assume that you are in the role and ask all the relevant questions regarding the support systems, the customer base, market share, the product range, new product development, current market share, company size, turnover and profitability, number in the marketing dept. budgets, etc.

Enhancing your CV 

  • Membership of professional bodies
  • Individual achievements
  • Sports clubs
  • Career goals
  • IT courses
  • Soft skills - presentation

Recession Resistant Sectors

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Healthcare
  • IT

Using your spare time productively

  • Voluntary groups needing assistance
  • Write an article on some relevant area

Good websites for Marketing Professionals