Flowchart: Registering for digital comms jobs

CJ Walker5 June 2013

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After publishing the in-depth details of what happens after you submit your CV to Firehead, we thought we’d follow that up with a nice, quick flowchart for the more visually-oriented (or super-busy) among you. So if you’re looking to register with our talent bank of digital communications professionals, here’s how it works…

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