Pulse News | November in review

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    November has been another busy month for us here at Pulse. We saw an increased number of overseas vendors looking to start-up operations in Australia as travel restrictions ease and borders open up. Well, that is, of course, if Omicron doesn’t ruin those plans… We’ve also seen an increase in passive talent approach us for a consultation about starting a new role in 2022. It hasn’t quite been “great resignation” levels just yet, but there’s certainly been a spike of interest, and more people are open to the idea than we typically see this time of year.

    Some of the roles that we filled this month are listed below as we continue to focus on finding high performing passive talent for innovative technology companies.

     

    • Senior AE – AI-driven Marketing Analytics (non-profit vertical)
    • Partner Sales Exec – Cyber Security
    • Partner Sales – Network Management Technology
    • Marketing Lead – Nasdaq listed Data Connectivity Company
    • Account Executive – Information Services
    • Account Manager – Talent Management Saas
    • Account Executive – Talent Management Saas
    • Channel Dev Manager – Network Management Vendor
    • Senior Account Executive – HR Tech
    • Partnerships Manager – Adtech
    • Senior Sales Manager – Health Tech
    • Senior Pre-Sales – Cyber Security
    • 2 x SDRs – Virtual Data Room

     

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