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We haven’t seen a market like this for a while, with many of our clients finding it difficult to find great candidates for their roles. For growing businesses, finding the perfect marketer is now as difficult as ever. At Stopgap, we’ve got 21 years of knowledge when it comes to finding great mark...

When diversity is assessed in an organisation, the things that typically get reviewed are gender, ability, culture and linguistic diversity. The benefits of having a diverse workforce have been widely reported. But, one diversity segment that is often overlooked is age. Employees have a responsib...

The past few months have shown a strong rebound for opportunities in Australia across many different industries, but one of the most significant shifts in demand is in the marketing space. The landscape this time last year was fairly bleak, with many marketing departments across the world facing ...

If 2020 was the year of adapting to remote work, 2021 is the year of a shift in the landscape of global recruitment.  Naturally, hiring for leadership and executive roles places immense pressure on companies and their owners – as it’s not just about finding someone to plug a gap, but someone to l...

We’ve all done it – replayed a moment in your head when you could stopped someone talking over you, stood up for a colleague or corrected someone giving out inaccurate advice or information. “At work, you don’t always say what you think needs to be said, and it’s not just you,” says Molly Tschang...

Chances are, we’ve all received a rejection from a job application at one point in our lives.  These rejections though, can shape our career just as much as the successful applications do. These rejections influence your career path and, if used correctly, can give you a spring board to improving...

Motivation is defined as “a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way,” and in a professional environment this can translate to the willingness to get the job done despite distractions, and investing enough effort to succeed.  If you break it down, motivation constitutes for 40...

It’s no secret that there is an abundance of opportunities on the market at the moment, with jobs ads on SEEK at a 23 year record high.  We’re finding that strong candidates will have 2 or 3 solid opportunities on the go, so some businesses are bound to miss out on their strongest candidates to c...

You don’t have to look far on job boards like SEEK or Linkedin to find entry-level Marketing opportunities with outlandish requirements – recent graduates needing years of experience and an in-depth understanding of the industry is one not-so-extreme examples which is easy to find. This predicame...

Advertising is a field that seems to have well and truly bounced back after the pandemic. This makes perfect sense when you consider the desire for big brands to be front and center of consumer’s minds as economies pick up and a sense of normality returns. For context, our advertising side consul...