The Features:

The Milestone
Fourteen years and 1,806 different advertisers: in that time we've seen many changes in the way researchers are recruited, and the skills in demand. A brief history of the jobs service.

UK MR's Recruitment Rollercoaster
Market research was once said to be 'recession-proof', but we don't hear that quite so often these days. Are we in a 'double-dip'? And in our new, more cautious mode, who are we recruiting and how many of them? Here's a look at the stats for 2005-12.

Skills Trends: Change But Not Decay
Is it possible to talk about the mass of new skills and techniques bombarding the profession without feeling depressed about the traditional skills of the market researcher? Most definitely, says MrWeb co-founder Nick Thomas. Alternatively if you want to see Nick in conversation with Bob Lederer on the same topic, you can via YouTube (from c.3 minutes in, to the end).

Salary Trends in UK MR 2001-12
Here are the best set of mean salary stats for the UK MR industry you're ever likely to see. Best as in good, solid bases and careful compilation; and the average rise is not bad either. But there's one shocker, and it doesn't take a great analyst to spot it.

Job Ad Basics
Not too little, not too much, with three vital ingredients and a splash of flavouring... Here's a simple but effective recipe for a good job ad.

Getting in the Grads
Aside from paying the kind of huge sums management consultancies pay, how do we entice bright graduates into the profession? It’s a tough question - but we’re used to answering tough questions, and surely we know some of the answers already.

Nothing is ever...
...as good as you hope it's going to be, or as bad as you fear it will be - so they say. Nevertheless, big data will be big, mobile is moving fast, neuroscience is a no-brainer, and social media monitoring - well, it has people talking. We finish with a look at threats and opportunities in market research's near future.