Even In This Market, Niche Ad Firms Struggling To Recruit

Although recruiting is at a standstill at most ad agencies—and although the ad industry shed 7,000 jobs in the last four months of 2008—some ad firms are still struggling to fill their upper-tier positions, Workforce reports.

In specialized agencies, recruiters are seeking candidates with specific industry experience as well as advertising experience. The piece notes:

Health care advertising agencies, for example, are still hiring from what remains a very small pool of candidates with a specific mix of creativity, advertising experience and health care industry expertise.