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Global IR Salary & Careers Report
How much are IROs paid? Where in the world can heads of IR earn the most money? How balanced is the profession in terms of gender?

Seven questions to expect in an IR interview
What IR recruiters want to know about you and how to best prepare for an interview

‘Everyone should have a career bucket list’: How to find direction in your IR career
Where do you see yourself in five years? Head of IR? CFO? Traveling the world on a sabbatical? In this video interview, Smooch Repovich Reynolds, founder and CEO of Smooch Unplugged, suggests ways for IR professionals to better understand what they want to get out of their career. Among her advice? Write a career bucket […]

How to boost your IR salary and measure your IR success: The Ticker 146
In the latest episode of The Ticker podcast, we talk everything careers

Ten seasoned IR experts’ top tips for career growth in investor relations
This new report provides IROs with invaluable career advice from 10 highly experienced investor relations professionals and consultants, who share on Irwin’s ‘Winning IR’ podcast how they grew and prospered during their tenure in IR. Download it below, for free, to learn about: Please complete the form below with the information requested. Once you have […]

A candidate’s primer for landing the perfect IR job: How AI is transforming recruitment
IR salaries are rising as investor relations takes on new responsibilities

Mentors and sponsors: Building female-leadership pipelines
Last year marked rise in female CFO numbers in the US, even as women held fewer top IR positions, IR Intel research shows

What to expect from an IR interview
In 2015 IR Magazine ran an article that outlined seven questions to expect in an IR interview; to this day, it is the most-read article on our website. At the time, the seven questions – based on expert input – were: What do you know about our company? What do you know about this particular […]

‘Be your company’s best analyst’: quick-fire Q&A with the editorial board’s Mary Winn Pilkington
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‘Be true to yourself’: Career advice from lifetime achievement winner
Sally Curley, founder and CEO of Curley Global IR, was in reflective mood when IR Magazine caught up with her on the red carpet at the US awards earlier this year. Curley, who has more than 30 years of experience in investor relations, was just minutes away from being presented with the lifetime achievement award. […]

‘Half of our clients want a driver of ESG’: The growing importance of sustainability to IR careers
IR professionals are hearing ever more questions from investors about ESG issues. But what about questions from hiring managers when they go for a job interview? The number of companies asking about ESG experience or interest when conducting a search for an IR candidate has risen five-fold in five years, says Smooch Repovich Reynolds, CEO […]

‘I had to manage two profit warnings and crisis communications’: quick-fire Q&A with the editorial board’s David de la Roz Fernandez
IR Magazine is proud to introduce its new editorial board. It is made up of 12 seasoned investor relations professionals from across the world, each working at companies in different sectors and of varying cap sizes, but with one thing in common: a passion for pursuing excellence in the profession. Over the coming weeks, we will […]
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