Leadership & Talent

5 Attributes Marketers Want in a Job Candidate

These qualities will get you ahead in the hiring process

an abstract image of a woman in a suit walking along a green path away from a laptop, with geometric shapes in the background. — Hard skills are still critical, but it's stellar interpersonal attributes that’ll really help you get the gig. Getty

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As tech advances and changing customer habits continue to shift the marketing landscape, leaders at major brands are preparing their teams by searching for new skillsets and mindsets that can carry their businesses forward.

Adweek is keeping a finger on the pulse of these changing perspectives, asking top brand marketers and C-suite executives what makes candidates stand out at every level. The consensus: It’s the stellar interpersonal attributes that’ll really help you get the gig.