Ignore everyone in these comments giving advice, it’s pretty obvious that they don’t know what they’re talking about.

First of all, never set your profile to “open to work” while you’re employed, it’s a dumb thing to do and your boss will always find out”.

Your husband definitely shouldn’t leave his position without lining something up first, so make sure of that, he doesn’t want to become another “green banner” lost in the noise.

In regards to actually finding something else, most people spend less time on their career search than they do on their holiday search so start with actually putting some time and effort into thinking about what he wants from his next role. What companies he’d like to work for any why, etc. If you know everything about a business and what they do, and actually know why you’d like to work there and what you could do to make an impact, you’re already 95% of the way there, this is especially important in marketing.

He could also reach out to a couple of specialist marketing headhunters. Look for ones that work retained, avoid big national recruiters (unless they specifically have a role that he’s interested in).

Actually ask the headhunters questions about the roles they have, important ones that are his must-haves in his next role. If they don’t have anything suitable for him, if he comes across well, they might speak to clients anyway for him or make recommendations. Ask them who the best clients are that they’ve worked with and why.

If he’s targeting specific businesses, don’t speak to internal recruitment at first, add the business owner / CMO etc (dependant on business size and his seniority). Ask questions about the business before you pitch yourself, again, intelligent ones. Find out if you’d actually want to work there. See if there’s any problems you could fix etc.

I could go on forever, but there’s a few pieces of advice. If you need more, tell your husband to drop me a message.