hiring

Industry needs to change entry-level hiring practices to boost diversity

Pallavi Damani Kumar, American University April 27, 2012

With just a few weeks left to graduation, my office hours are booked with graduating students pondering their future.

GSK to increase consumer healthcare comms team

Virgil Dickson January 31, 2012

GlaxoSmithKline is looking to bolster its consumer healthcare communications staff, following a three-month department review by Leslie McGibbon, VP of global communications and consumer healthcare.

Get beyond the tasks at hand when making your next hire

Bob Feldman, PulsePoint Group November 04, 2011

Not too long ago, I asked the CEO of a major business if she thought creativity was an important part of the skill set required of a successful communications professional. Absolutely, she said.

Strong position: Career Guide 2011

Chris Daniels September 01, 2011

Optimism abounds in the PR job market. That opportunity for employees, however, presents interesting recruitment and retention challenges for agencies and in-house departments alike.

Hiring for creativity

Karen Strauss, Ketchum May 26, 2011

Assessing job applicants can feel as chancy as deciding which chocolate to pick from among many in a boxed assortment.

Devries PR launches Career Reboot program

Chris Daniels March 09, 2011

NEW YORK: Devries PR has launched a month-long competition called Career Reboot, in which the agency's top executives will give one PR pro a career makeover.

PR needs to hire for the future, not get stuck in the past

PRWeek Editorial November 19, 2010

For a company to truly make a push in a new direction it must do more than just adopt new branding or a slogan. It must also hire the type of people who align with where the company wants to be in the future.

NASCAR seeks CCO for new comms structure

Kimberly Maul August 30, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, FL: NASCAR is restructuring its communications under an integrated marketing communications department, and is searching for a CCO.

Patino Associates partners with European search firm

Kimberly Maul May 26, 2010

MCLEAN, VA: Patino Associates, an executive search firm specializing in corporate communications, IR, public affairs, and marketing, partnered with VMA Group, a London-based search firm specializing in corporate communications.

Budgets going up?

Aarti Shah May 19, 2009

An agency CEO recently told me that the firm has started to hire again because some its multimillion dollar accounts are actually spending more than originally budgeted. Is this an...