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Be prepared to challenge the status quo and take bold steps toward gender equity in leadership. Robert Kenward is hosting a panel of senior leaders within the #mice #brandexperience #eventprofs #meetingprofs sectors tomorrow at Cvent CONNECT Hilton London Metropole @ 2.15pm GMT. Fiona Robson Encore Louisa O'Connor Seen Presents Adele Woods First Event Carina Bauer IMEX will be sharing their advice and guidance for you to take away and action in your day-to-day. We owe it to the women in our industry—and to the industry itself—to create a future where gender parity isn’t just a goal, but a reality. 👀Don't miss out, register to attend IRL or virtually 👇 https://shorturl.at/Zf35o

👀**NEW OPPORTUNITY** 💥 Managing Director 💷 £90-£110k +£20k bonus +shares 👉 Global Forum Agency 👍 MICE industry specialists   📍 London + WFH   “Take my job”   Not the weirdest start to a briefing session with a client, but definitely the clearest…   No confusion, no grey area just a resounding response to my opening question “what do you want this person to do?”    You see, the current owner/MD wants you to be the person who takes the business into the future.   The person who develops and leads the team plus acts as the figure head of the agency.   It’s clear as day.   You’ll have a nice 6-12 month bedding in period, then it’s all yours.   Seriously.   Run it how you want, you’re the boss, the head honcho, the big cheese and other daft analogies.   I’m trying to find something witty or funny here but honestly, if you don’t know what it takes to be an MD, then this is probably not for you.   Oh, I know. You only have to be in the office one day a week. Which is odd for an MD but then the rest of the team are grown-ups, they know what they’re doing.   You get to swan around the world at their premium portfolio of events, drumming up more business, shaking hands, taking the credit and all that good stuff.   The hardest bit here is making a name for yourself as an agency leader rather than ‘that person who works for that company’, It’s a whole different ball game being up front and accountable for everything and everyone, but you know that.   You obviously live and breathe the sector as forums, buyers meeting sellers and all that is a different proposition so your network will come in handy as you steer the agency forward.   This boutique agency with a headcount of five and £2m revenue, is perfect for someone who wants to run their own business, without any interference and without any of the stress and drama that leads up to that point.   If you’re fed-up staring at your boss whilst thinking ‘I could do better than that, drop me a message and let’s have a confidential chat.   Who knows where it will take you.   robert@recruitmentprof.com   Don’t worry if your CV isn’t up to date, we can deal with that later.   Oh, I also run a £1k recommend a friend scheme, so please feel free to share with your connections.   **You Search & Select does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. All qualified applicants are actively encouraged to apply**  

In an industry where women constitute 75% of the workforce yet hold less than 20% of top-level positions, it's time for a seismic shift. Our founder Robert Kenward is chairing a panel session at Cvent CONNECT next week to hear from four senior women leaders who all have their own stories and advice on how women can rise up. Come and hear first-hand from Fiona Robson Encore Adele Woods First Event Louisa O'Connor Seen Presents Carina Bauer IMEX how everyone must work together to close the gender pay gap, insight into how women can move their careers forward, and practical tips to help with the stark realities and hidden barriers preventing women from climbing the industry ladder. Be prepared to challenge the status quo and take bold steps toward gender equity in leadership. There's till time to register 👇👇👇 https://shorturl.at/4TE2i

👀 **NEW OPPORTUNITY** 💥 Head of Creative 💷 £70-£80k +package 👉 Exhibition Activation Agency 👍 Modular structure specialists   📍 West, West, West London & WFH   When is a creative not a creative?   When they’re a leader.   Yes, I know that doesn’t make sense, but this role is definitely a bit out of the ordinary.   Let me explain.   You’ll be in charge of the creative output of the design team, but ideally you’ll be passing on your years of experience to an eager beaver team looking for support and guidance.   You’ll get to squeeze your creative juices of course, but the bulk of your time will be helping your team hit new heights.   Why would this interest you?   As you’re bored of the creative carousel where stuff gets dumped in your lap last minute, you have to work your magic with no budget plus come up with multiple treatments when we all know the one that looks prettiest is gonna get chosen rather than the one that actually works.    It’s why you’re looking around now. You value your experience and so should others.   It’s time for you to be heard as well as seen which is a small change that makes a HUGE difference.   It’s why you’ll sit on the SLT straight away, report into the MD and have your ideas acted upon rather than noted in the minutes.   They value creative as much as anything.   You won’t be stuck in some dark room hunched over designs all day, oh no. You’ll be meeting clients, pulling togther proposals with the sales team and heading out to pitch your team’s work, plus you get to actual see the completed project built in-house.    The role has everything.   This 35 headcount £4million TO agency are on the move and need someone like you to help with their next growth stage.     They want your wisdom, your ideas, your thoughts, you drive and most of all, they want you to help shape the creative team into future leaders.   If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to run things your way and be part of a company that gives a $hit, drop me a message and let’s have a confidential chat.   Who knows where it will take you.   robert@recruitmentprof.com   Don’t worry if your CV isn’t up to date, we can deal with that later.   Oh, I also run a £1k recommend a friend scheme, so please feel free to share with your connections.   **You Search & Select does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. All qualified applicants are actively encouraged to apply**

👀**NEW OPPORTUNITY** 💥   Operations Director   💷   £90k-£110k +package 👉   Brand Experience Agency 👍   Events & EXPO Specialists   📍   London/WFH   Let’s be honest, no one grew up wanting to be in charge of operational deliverables and departmental excellence.   If you did though, then hallelujah, because it’s finally your time to shine.   It’s why you’re keeping an eye out for a new challenge.   It’s why decent roles are in short supply as once people get in, they don’t want to leave.   Most of these types of opportunities are awful though, you’re either slipping into the comfy slippers of whoever came before you or even worse, having to sort out the clusterfcuk of a mess they left behind as they were escorted out the door.   Here though, you get to set things up from scratch, whilst also starting from a great position.   It’s the perfect situation.   You get to oversee the planning and delivery of key departments whilst also implementing project management flow, smart ways of working, systems that support and processes that purr.   All whilst mentoring coaching and developing a team who are crying out for your background and experience to show them the way.   This £12m TO agency have embarked on a recent growth spurt and now have 35 future colleagues waiting for you.     Waiting for you to handle the day to day and keep the engine running.   You won’t actually have to get your hands dirty with the actual delivery of projects, oh god no, but ruddy hell you’ll make sure they’re profitable, on time and on budget as the Managing Director values operational excellence as much as you do so they’ll stay out of your way as you call the shots.     So, if you want to be the person setting the rules rather than following them, drop me a message and let’s have a confidential chat.   Who knows where it will take you.   robert@recruitmentprof.com   Don’t worry if your CV isn’t up to date, we can deal with that later.   Oh, I also run a £1k recommend a friend scheme, so please feel free to share with your connections.   **You Search & Select does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. All qualified applicants are actively encouraged to apply**  

Drawing from extensive interactions with agency owners, Managing Directors, C-suite stakeholders, and senior leaders, I can offer you insider insight into the evolving priorities and strategies within the #eventprofs #meetingprofs #brandexperience industry. This quarter, I've identified several key trends: 👉Holiday hell that is Aug/Sep 👉Face-to-Face Interviews Resurgence 👉Salary Settlements As we look forward, I can make several forecasts for Q1 2025; 👉Increase of MD/Agency Leader Roles 👉Mergers & Acquisitions and Venture Capital interest increasing 👉Medium and Long-Term Planning returning This exclusive quarterly report delves deeper into how this effects all of us... ........................................................................................................................................................... Stay informed, stay ahead; 👀 Senior stakeholders from BCD M&E, Identity, GPJ, Imagination, Jack Morton, Inntel, UBM, Encore, DRPG, TBA, Freeman and The NEC subscribe to my FREE fortnightly newsletter. Join them and 3700+ others 👇👇👇 https://lnkd.in/e_fQMhJi

This weekend I am doing something stupid. For a good cause. I am running 13 miles 192.5 yards for MEETING NEEDS and not gonna lie, I'm scared stiff. I've only managed to get up to 9 miles plus I'm £339 short of getting the £1k I was really hoping to get. So this is me, your recruiter and friend asking you to spare whatever you can to help me believe what I'm doing is making a difference, I promise I won't turn this experience into a LinkedIn post about business or never giving up positivity BS etc. if you do !! Thank you 😍 *Meeting Needs was set up 21 years ago by senior members of the events industry and during that time has raised over £1m. Money raised is distributed by way of grants of up to to vetted charities. Any money distributed is to be used for a specified project. https://lnkd.in/eN_YtWxe

👀**NEW OPPORTUNITY** 💥 Client Partner 💷 £70-£90k +package 👉 Brand Experience Agency 👍 Internal Comms Specialists   👍 Retail/Tech 📍 UK/Remote   WTAF is a ‘Client Partner’?   Well, ‘Chief Fire Fighter’ sounded a bit weird and ‘Head of Getting $hit Done’ is a touch pretentious.   But you get the picture.   It’s simple. You need to be a special kind of person for this role, someone who likes things done in a certain way.   Your way.   Yes you’ll be the client liaison and the person who oversees all the deliverables but the main thing here is this, you get full autonomy to run this agency’s biggest client. With a line manager who is super keen for you to pick things up and run it how you see fit.   You’ll take point with their huge retail client and work with the digital, creative and strategy teams to deliver year-long communication strategies focused on reward and recognition schemes, internal education platforms, wellness programmes, live events, exhibitions and roadshows.   You’ll sit with the client and talk strategy about the how and why, as well as take a proactive approach to sniffing out opportunities for growth across their extensive portfolio.   Obviously people will gravitate to you because of your extensive experience, but you’ll also utilise all your collaboration skills as you shimmy seamlessly between client conduit and agency expert.   This £12m t/o agency has been kicking a$$ for years now and won more awards that you can imagine, what they need now is someone to come in take the reins and help them grow even more.   If you’ve been looking for the chance to step out of the shadows and have a light shone on you for a change, drop me a message and let’s have a confidential chat.   Who knows where it will take you.   robert@recruitmentprof.com   Don’t worry if your CV isn’t up to date, we can deal with that later.   Oh, I also run a £1k recommend a friend scheme, so please feel free to share with your connections.   **You Search & Select does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. All qualified applicants are actively encouraged to apply**  

"Robert goes about recruitment in a very different way to most recruiters. He spends a lot of time understanding the business and its people before looking to match the role to the right candidate. He certainly took the pain out of the process and made hiring the right person for a senior role in the business very easy. His firm, direct approach to finding the right individual, combined with the time and effort spent with each potential candidate, made it feel like we were working with an external consultant and not a recruiting agency" Working with Rob Goodman and the team Showplace Ltd was an amazing experience and they're such a great bunch of people too. #eventprofs #brandexperience #experientialmarketing #recruitment #tuesdaytestimonial

In an industry where women constitute 75% of the workforce yet hold less than 20% of top-level positions, it's time for a seismic shift. Our founder Robert Kenward is hosting a panel session at Cvent CONNECT to open the floor up to four senior women leaders within the events sector who all have their own stories and advice on how women can rise up. Come and hear first-hand from Fiona Robson Encore Adele Woods First Event Louisa O'Connor Seen Presents Carina Bauer IMEX how everyone must work together to close the gender pay gap, insight into how women can move their careers forward, and practical tips to help with the stark realities and hidden barriers preventing women from climbing the industry ladder. Be prepared to challenge the status quo and take bold steps toward gender equity in leadership. You can register 👇👇👇 https://shorturl.at/4TE2i