Answers to Frequently Asked Questions from Marketing Professionals, Job Seekers, Client Companies, Educators, Graduate Students and other visiting the Marketing Talent Network

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FAQ: Following are answers to questions that we believe will most likely be asked by visitors to this site. In our library, you will also find FAQ's specifically designed for visitors that are possible job candidates, for companies who hire marketing professionals, and for educators and students.

If you have additional questions, we encourage you to contact us directly by email or telephone.

1) What is the purpose of the Marketing Talent Network site?

There are several goals. First, to provide marketing professionals of all types with a useful resource. Second, to reach out to those people who are planning career / job changes in marketing with a variety of resources to assist them in that job search. Third, to introduce you to The Cambridge Group and offer our assistance.

2) Who should visit this site?

a) Professionals from any of a wide range of marketing disciplines who find the resources such as NEWSLINK, PROLINK, EDULINK, and the Library useful.
b) Any marketing professional that is in the midst of, or is planning future, career changes. In other words, anyone seeking a job in marketing.
c) Companies who hire people in marketing disciplines,
d) Educators and Graduate Students in Marketing Programs in Colleges and Universities.

3) What is the cost of membership to the Marketing Talent Network?

There is no membership cost. This is a service provided to the marketing community by The Cambridge Group.

4) Who is The Cambridge Group?

The Cambridge Group is an executive search firm with a significant focus in marketing disciplines. We provide and manage this site as a doorway into our company Our goal is that the site itself be useful to you, and that we also will be able to provide job placement and recruiting assistance to those who visit.

5) What is the source of the OPPORTUNITIES listed at this site.

Many of the opportunities are positions where the Cambridge Group is actively working directly with the client company.

However, other opportunities have been listed on this site from other selected marketing recruiters with whom The Cambridge Group works cooperatively. When interest is indicated in those positions, with your prior approval you will be put in direct contact with the recruiter who actively works with that client.

This provides you with access to a wide range of opportunities in the marketing professions -- different companies in different industry segments in different geographic areas -- at one convenient place.

6) Why don't you provide us with the ability to post resumes on this site?

Because one of our priorities is confidentiality. We do not want to provide even the possibility of one of your associates, or your present employer, learning that you are looking for a new job. Instead, this site provides the ability for you to send your resume directly to us -- and we, in turn, will handle that resume in a most confidential manner.'

In addition, we provide you with an ability unique to any other job listing site that we have seen. If you want additional information about a particular opportunity or company, you may send an inquiry to us by email or call us on the telephone and we will discuss it with you. This also applies to anyone who wants to inquire about a wide range of opportunities that might be a fit for their talent and experience.

7) What does "marketing disciplines" include?

We include the full range of professionals involved in classical consumer marketing, as well as marketing services that support those efforts. This includes (but is not limited to):

Corporate Marketing Mangement (VP, Marketing, Directors, etc.)
Brand and Product Mangement (Associate to Senior and Group level)
Regional Strategic Marketing
Global and International Marketing
Consumer and Trade Promotions
Consumer and Marketing Research
Advertising and other Marketing Communications
Category Management and Selected Sales Management
E-Commerce, Internet B2B and other New Technology Marketing

8) What does "Creative Disciplines" include?

Some time ago our firm started working in the "creative" area in addition to marketing. We found that the two were surprisingly complimentary. They were linked through such areas as advertising, promotions, packaging, and product design, The areas that we work include: Creative Directors, Visual Merchandising, Packaging Designers, Web/Internet Designers, Product Designers, Graphic Artists, Editors, Writers, and Copywriters.

9) What are the various areas in your NETWORKING section?

PROLINK provides easy access to a wide range of professional associations of special interest to marketing professionals. (If there are additional associations you would like to see included, let us know.)

EDULINK provides easy access to educational instituions with some of the top MBA and other graduate programs in marketing, global / international marketing, marketing research, advertising and other areas of special focus. (Please note: our apologies if your alma mater is unlisted, but we have intentionally limited the size of this group.)

10) What is the Marketing Recruiters Network?

Marketing Recruiters Network is another organization with which The Cambridge Group is affiliated. This is a nationwide group of recruiters who specialize in marketing, and who work closely with each other.

The Cambridge group is one of the founding members of this organization, now comprised of 14 executive search firms in major cities across the nation.

One advantage of networking through The Cambridge Group is that this, in turn, networks you with additional recruiters who all specialize in marketing. Indeed, many of the positions listed in our OPPORTUNITIES section are sourced from other members of this group.

11) What are the various areas in your RESOURCES section?

NEWSLINK provides easy to use links to various business publications, specialty marketing publications, and select on-line newsletters that we believe might be of interest to marketing professionals.

CAREERLINK provides easy access to a variety of online resources for career management that are likely to be of interest to marketing professionals.

(You might think of each of these as a mini-search engine that is pre-sorted for you.)

The LIBRARY contains a wide range of information regarding career management, job search, recruiting and other topics. It is divided into three sections for Candidates, Clients, and Educators but there are no restrictions as to who visits the various sections of the library. The selection is limited right now, but it will grow. Walk in and browse around.

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