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Recruiting your first marketer can seem challenging at first, regardless of whether you’re an established business without a Marketing function or a startup. In our UK office, our Senior Consultant Sarah works with many companies going through to process of making their first Marketing hire. She ...

Working remotely means to some extent a degree of physical distance from your colleagues and managers, and this requires some getting used to.  There are some obvious working from home benefits, such as being able to fit in a mid-day run and spending more time with your pets. However, these benef...

It’s been 18 months since I left Liverpool, UK for Australia on a Working Holiday Visa.   The end of last week signified my first year with Stopgap Australia, completed as their Marketing and Advertising Executive.  It is difficult moving to another country, whether you are on your own or with so...

The last few weeks has certainly been a challenging time for so many of our candidates and clients - some have had their contracts cut short, roles have gone on hold and others have been made redundant.  I've spoken to so many talented and experienced marketers who are feeling incredibly vulnerab...

Whilst it may be difficult, businesses in the marketing and creative industries are still recruiting, and onboarding staff who they may never have met face to face. We’ve spoken with clients who are actively recruiting, and the biggest difficulty is making sure they’re doing a good job with the o...

Uncertaintanty is as high as it has ever been, and it may be challenging if you are leading a business to know where to begin to MANOEUVRE through the current climate. Whilst each business, industry and sector will be affected differently - here are 4 tips to help you navigate through the challen...

Stopgap employ people from all around the world, as both employees and contractors. It is important to communicate the latest government changes which will impact some temporary visa holders due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This information was obtained off the Minister of Immigration's website. Thi...

Whilst we face challenging and uncertain times, the coming weeks and months of remote working will be a good opportunity for business leaders and managers to help transition a strong office culture to a strong work from home culture. Although we won’t be in the office for the foreseeable future –...

Not knowing what the future holds is a very scary prospect and right now we are all trying to second-guess what's around the corner.  I know there must be many, many people extremely worried about job security and the financial implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19) for them, their colleagues and...

With the spread of the COVID-19, the advice given to businesses across Australia is for employees to work from home where possible.  We would expect to some extent, the majority of Australians will be following these guidelines in the coming days. Luckily, the team at Stopgap frequently work remo...