I recently caught up with Larraine Solomon, Global Vice President of Internal Communications, Employee Engagement and Change at Monster Worldwide. Larraine and I discussed her career in communications to date, the main challenges she faces, the qualities she looks for in employees when building her team and her predictions for the communicatins sector in the next 5-10 years....

I recently caught up with Chris Wynn, Director of Communications at Ofcom. Chris and I discussed what motivated his interest in the communications industry, the main challenges he feels the industry faces and his predictions for the communications sector in the next 5-10 years. What originally peaked your interest in the comms industry? I spent nearly a decade as a journalis...

When we first launched the idea of connecting our clients and candidates to skills based volunteering and trustee opportunities, we could never have imagined how popular the initiative would become. With so much growing interest from our networks, we need a constant supply of exciting charities keen to connect with Marketing professionals. After a few meetings with Janet we ...

In this edition of 60 seconds with, I caught up with Lili Huang, Head of Investor Relations at De La Rue. Lili and I spoke about her career to-date, the highlights, challenges and what she thinks the future of IR is What was your background before moving into IR, and why did you make the transition? I was in PR and marketing immediately before moving into IR. Prior to that, ...

The Recruitment Marketing Podcast is an independent podcast produced for marketers by marketers. Whilst aimed specifically at marketing professionals within the recruitment industry, marketers from other industries will be able to identify with the career advice, knowledge, challenges and opinions shared. Featuring in the latest edition of The Recruitment Marketing podcast i...

What pulled you in to the IR profession when you first made the move? Back in 1999, the (then) Head of Investor Relations for the old GlaxoWellcome organisation, Jennie Younger, asked the Director of Medical, Regulatory, and Product Strategy to recommend someone in his organisation that could join her IR team to cover a maternity leave that could support the team with medica...

How do you define confidence, particularly in the workplace? Confidence is self-belief that you can achieve something, whether it is within your comfort zone or not. It is eliminating doubt in other people’s belief’s about your ability to achieve it. Within the workplace, it is important to be strong minded and to speak up when you have an opinion. How do you think the confi...

Carter Murray is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2019. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We would like to join the discussion and be part o...

Moving abroad for work can seem a daunting prospect at first. Aside from the uncertainty surrounding visas and work permits, questions over your suitability for the role itself will always loom large. But did you know that many of the skills and experiences you already have can stand you in good stead for making the move? After all, organisations are increasingly looking to ...

Carter Murray is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2019. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We would like to join the discussion and be part o...