Marketers’ hiring plans fall to lowest level yet as economic concerns bite

The jobs market for the marketing industry took another hit in the second quarter of 2018, with mounting concerns about rising prices and increasing competitiveness resulting in the weakest degree of optimism towards job creation in the series’ history.
According to the latest IPA Bellwether Report, the proportion of businesses reporting plans to recruit extra staff stood at 26% compared to just under 15% anticipating job cuts.
While this indicates that marketers were largely optimistic t