I’ve come back from an extended mat leave and messaged recruiters I’m available for freelance strategy work, ideally part-time. It’s been crickets. Is it just a bad time of year? Is the market doing badly? Or is it my part-time request? I used to have recruiters jumping over themselves to work with me…

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Negativity is never useful but it is tough out there. A mix of the market generally as well as the time of year. We've also had recruiters simply not respond, which is new for us. I think we all have to network super hard and be relentless.

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What kind of level are you and what type of company do you normally come from? You must have a pretty good CV if recruiters are normally falling over themselves for you. Can you say more about your experience or level? It is not great out there and there’s lots of freelance people on the market - is all I can offer.

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I’m a senior brand/creative strategist. I’ve worked with a lot of the big agency names - Ogilvy, Weiden, Publicis. Have a lot of big brands on my resume.

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