MR procurement is changing. Recruiting, retaining younger MRers (RBDR 11.24.2014)

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Today, on RBDR: 1) Procurement departments are altering their focuses, according to a Genpact Ltd. study. (Link to the study: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/genpact-survey-chief-procurement-officers-strategic-perspectives-and-operating-model-struggles-differ-from-their-peers-283033911.html)
2) TNS’ Preriit Souda and Yum Restaurants’ Rajan Rajna discussed recruiting and retaining youth into market research at ESOMAR’s Annual Congress. They discussed the subject with RBDR.

The next MR Generation: how do we attract the best? (RBDR 11.18.2014)

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Today on RBDR, a varied look at different ways of attracting
the next generation of market researchers to our industry, from Bob Lederer’s thoughts to summaries of two ESOMAR speeches, capped by an interview with a 45-year industry veteran, Jim Heisler.

He has a book coming out about what it’s like to work in research
and he is beginning a non-academic course for people with an
undergraduate degree and the desire to work in MR.