About 5, maybe 6 years ago there was a time when you could post a half decent job ad, contact 50-100 relevant candidates on LinkedIn and you’d probably get around 3-5 decent applicants, with 1 getting the job. Hey presto. Fast forward to 2018, nearly 2019 and how things have changed. It was only a matter of time. Once it worked, the world and his wife were going to jump on the bandwagon. Nowadays everyone,…

I’m an agency recruiter at heart and I’ll admit it, apart from those internal recruiters I got on with, I thought most were failed recruiters. I hold my hands up and I’m able to eat humble pie because, having worked on the other side of the fence for 9 months, I’ve gained a huge insight into how hard and how much credit should go to talent acquisition managers / internal recruiters. It’s been a real…

Picture the scene…. You’re a hiring manager responsible for Digital Marketing and looking to bring in the very best talent to your team, however, finding these gems has been extremely tough. This time around you might be looking for an SEO Manager, a Head of Digital Acquisition or perhaps a VP of Performance Marketing, but you’ve found the market way tougher than you thought.   A few weeks pass and a trickle of decent looking…

I set up Acquire Digital Talent with the belief there was a better way for companies and recruiters to work together. Our mission statement describes how we help our customers overcome difficult challenges, therefore I wanted to create a blog that imparted our knowledge with you to do just that. Help, guide, and advise.   When working with a recruiter for the first time, it can be a challenge to determine if they’re the right recruiter for you…

Welcome to Acquire Digital Talent. Hopefully you share my beliefs in the way recruitment should be from reading part 1. In the 2nd part of this blog, I’d like to share an overview of who we are. But first, why we do, what we do. “We’re in the art & science of creating exciting futures for our customers, helping them overcome difficult challenges by installing the pride and confidence they need to soar. We help our customers achieve these momentous…

During my time in the recruitment world I’ve had the pleasure to work with and assist many top candidates to secure great roles which have helped shape and define their careers. There have also been the countless companies, struggling to hire a specialist Digital Marketer for months and months or didn’t know where to start. I’ve been able to partner with and advise them to find that needle in the haystack, in a relatively short…

For many years, those whom I spoke with regularly within my network told me to go and do it. They believed in me, but could I really do it, and did I believe in myself!? With time comes experience, and with experience comes confidence. You’re able to understand the landscape much better and identify those things that make our industry great and those that are just plain awful. There are always things inside your mind…