Banner Default Image

Blogs in Interview Advice

Website Banner

Tips For Successful Salary Negotiation

​Negotiating your salary is often intimidating, with 68% of mid to senior level marketing professionals consistently engaging in this pivotal conversation, and over 32% avoiding it entirely. Stag...

Read more
Why November Is Key For Hiring

Why November Is Key For Hiring

​Why November is a great time for hiring! Hiring plans for the coming year frequently top agendas in board meetings across the country in October and November. Budgets are decided, staffing requi...

Read more
Mg 4257

Alternatives Career Trajectory Series 3 - How to write a winning CV

The Alternatives Career Trajectory Series​ 3 How to plan & manage your career Building your professional marketing competencies How to write a winning CV How to succeed at interview How to prepare ...

Read more
Mg 4106

Alternatives Career Trajectory Series 2- Building your professional marketing competencies

The Alternatives Career Trajectory Series 2 ​​How to plan & manage your career Building your professional marketing competencies How to write a winning CV How to succeed at interview How to prepare...

Read more
Mg 4106

Alternatives Career Trajectory Series 4- How to succeed at interview

The Alternatives Career Trajectory Series ​Our Career Trajectory series covers: How to plan & manage your career Building your professional marketing competencies How to write a winning CV How to s...

Read more
Mg 4246

Alternatives Career Trajectory Series 1 - How to plan and manage your career

We have collated and updated all our career hints, tips, advice and insights from the last 21 years of helping marketers build their careers. Now we’re delighted to share this with you through our ...

Read more
Mg 4246

Alternatives Career Trajectory Series 5- How to prepare for a competency based interview

Alternatives Career Trajectory Series 5We have collated and updated all our career hints, tips, advice and insights from the last 21 years of helping marketers build their careers. Now we’re deligh...

Read more
Fb

Landing the perfect marketing role as a Graduate

Landing your perfect marketing roleWe recently ran a career advice session with the Marketing institute of Ireland (www.mii.ie), to help graduates land the perfect marketing role. We shared our tip...

Read more
Business Development Marketing

B2B marketing- opportunities for impact and career growth

B2B marketing- a route to career successThis autumn the majority of senior roles I’ve worked on have been in the B2B space. I’ve managed a B2B Commercial Marketing Director process and a senior sho...

Read more
Bk Low Res Headshot

The Evolving Role of Marketing, For Success

As we kickstart a new year, we reflect on the evolving and exciting role of marketing and on the common traits of the most successful marketers. ​ Marketing is a profession unlike any other in t...

Read more
File 1

The new 2018 Alternatives MII Salary, Market Insights & Sentiment Survey

WOMEN EARNING LESS AND MISSING OUT ON BENEFITS; GIG ECONOMY THRIVING, ENGAGEMENT LEVELS DIVING AND BREXIT CASTS A SHADOW  The 2018 Alternatives & Marketing Institute of Ireland Salary, Market Insig...

Read more
Img 1671

EY CEO RETREAT- Learnings from London Part 2

I I recently spent a week in Oxford and London on this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year CEO retreat, along with current and previous Entrepreneur of the Year finalists.Here are some of the learni...

Read more
Group Photo

EY Entrepreneur of the Year CEO Retreat- Leadership Learnings

    I'm just back from an inspiring week away with this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year CEO Retreat in Oxford and London. There were about 100 of us on the trip, including this year’s Entreprene...

Read more
Remote Working

Working remotely – is it for you?

I worked with Alternatives before I moved to the UK and upon return, we had no idea that my husbands job would bring us to Galway. I always thought fondly of Alternatives and so hoped that working ...

Read more
Aamaaqdga Ao Aaqaaaaaaab Fg Aaaaj Dlk Zg Qy Ota3 Lwu4 Mz Ut N Dgz Ns04 Nj Ni Lt Ji Nm E0 Nge1 N2 Y2 Oq

How to get the best out of Agency Partners

IntroductionHosted by Alternatives Digital Talent Team; Joan Fahey and Oran Carolan and moderated by Charley Stoney, Managing Director of Alternatives, this was the third in our series of Digital T...

Read more
Job Interview Concept Vector

HOW TO ACE YOUR NEXT DIGITAL MARKETING INTERVIEW

So you’ve managed to woo the hiring manager with your CV and now you’ve reached the next stage in the journey to your dream digital role. It’s time to get over the euphoria and start the preparatio...

Read more
Technology 2082642 960 720

Digital is dead, long live Digital!

The digital world we live in today affects every function in today’s organisations and to stay competitive we simply can’t afford to think in digital silos anymore. For the last 10 years, we have b...

Read more
Eca Dd Keyframe

Do you let fear stop you trialling something new in digital?

Of course not!  So, don’t let it stop you from embracing the new Gig Economy for your digital talent solutions…  Fear works on different people in different ways. It either cripples you or motivate...

Read more
Mg 4183

What does the Marketing Structure of 2017 and beyond look like?

The easy answer to this question is that it is much more complicated than it used to be. In addition, and in our experience, no structure is ever perfect and it requires constant tweaking and evolv...

Read more
Capture

2017 Salary & Employee Sentiment Survey for the Data Analytics community

  Alternatives are delighted to launch the 2017 Salary & Employee Sentiment Survey for the Data Analytics community in collaboration with the Analytics Institute of Ireland.   Not only can you b...

Read more