Indeed. Also, you don’t have to limit yourself to the 4 marketing As. If you have an A pub in a related field and can show you have a marketing research agenda you’ll do fine on the market. So if you’re doing behavioral work send your stuff to a top psych journal (Psych Science, JPSP), or if you’ve pre registered your studies and they have an important societal outcome send it to one of the general interest outlets (Science, Nature,PNAS). Or you can send it to one of the management journals. You just have to show you can publish and that your work matters for marketing. And remember, the median number of A pubs for people who get hired is ZERO.
OK OK everyone in both teams suck. Lets get back to the job market
I am a 3rd year student and struggling with my papers right now due to JCRs sudden twist.
Those in the job market and trying to get their papers out, how are you trying to navigate editorial changes? JM seems OK but not my papers fill in that zone, I don't know what JCR wants from me, and JMR is now pure non-behavioural. I need a job and I need an A-pub strategy. What will JCR publish given these odd editorial picks in the last few years>?"struggling with my papers right now due to JCRs sudden twist."
stop writing papers based on who the editor is and you will be fine.