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PMG: Strategic Hiring
PMG is running a global AI hackathon at Cannes Lions with up to $500,000 in prizes to identify and recruit AI-savvy talent (developers, marketers, creatives). The competition signals aggressive talent acquisition in AI engineering and LLM-based product development for advertising services.
Source: Ad Age
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening consulting executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 113.8 (Hot) — up 13.7 versus the prior month — and EMEA signal share is steady (-1.5pts).
PMG: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Consulting median of 1 across 41 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 2 tracked across 79 days.
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