Zombie alert. Are you walking dead?
Contributing writer to the November issue of Photoshop User Magazine:
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Job Search Survival Kit -- Motivational Quotes To Keep You Focused When Job S...Anthony Hines
Who Am I….I am a hardworking guy who, like many others, found himself out of work during the economic downturn in 2010. After a long battle of wrong turns, job search strategies that led to no where, and dead end leads, I decided to take a more strategic approach to my job search. Like anything else in life, I needed to treat my search like a full-time job and create a plan that would allow me to stand out above the competition. This came in especially handy as I was in transition again in 2017. Basically, I just used the tips that I have shared with others and was out of work a total of ZERO days. Yes, I got a job offer the day after my last day at my previous job. Let me show you how I did it so you too can have a quicker landing than you would have had without my tips.
Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me…because I quickly realized that to handle an event like that is to focus on what you can control and share the experience to help others. I believe that an experience not shared is a lost opportunity in life, and that smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people’s experiences. Plus, I told myself that once I figured this out I would share it with others so that they too could navigate the world of unemployment. In these chapters, I show you how I did it so that you will have the confidence to make it through the process. I hope that this presentation helps you to get your next great job.
#career #jobsearch #unemployment #depression #confidence #interviewing #networking #resume #recruiting #hiringmanager #work #transition
Job Search Survival Kit -- Motivational Quotes To Keep You Focused When Job S...Anthony Hines
Who Am I….I am a hardworking guy who, like many others, found himself out of work during the economic downturn in 2010. After a long battle of wrong turns, job search strategies that led to no where, and dead end leads, I decided to take a more strategic approach to my job search. Like anything else in life, I needed to treat my search like a full-time job and create a plan that would allow me to stand out above the competition. This came in especially handy as I was in transition again in 2017. Basically, I just used the tips that I have shared with others and was out of work a total of ZERO days. Yes, I got a job offer the day after my last day at my previous job. Let me show you how I did it so you too can have a quicker landing than you would have had without my tips.
Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me…because I quickly realized that to handle an event like that is to focus on what you can control and share the experience to help others. I believe that an experience not shared is a lost opportunity in life, and that smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people’s experiences. Plus, I told myself that once I figured this out I would share it with others so that they too could navigate the world of unemployment. In these chapters, I show you how I did it so that you will have the confidence to make it through the process. I hope that this presentation helps you to get your next great job.
#career #jobsearch #unemployment #depression #confidence #interviewing #networking #resume #recruiting #hiringmanager #work #transition
Roadmap for Teen Entrepreneurs Finding Their WayShonika Proctor
This presentation is for Teen Entrepreneurs who are trying to figure out their 'Why' and where they belong. I presented it for the U.S. Small Business Administration, National Small Business Week 2010. They recorded the audio but need approval from legal. So since I don't think the approval has been made yet, :-P I included the key talking points on each slide (hence why it's a little wordy). The objective of the presentation is to give teen entrepreneurs so guidance, who need support figuring out their purpose or finding their way in business.
Corporates – the key to the promised landNeagoe Radu
To be successful in business, to have a career that others can only dream of, you need to
change your mindset and understand the opportunities that are there for the taking. Think
seriously about where you are now, whether you are deciding whether to study, are studying
already, or are working in a small business.
The RSW/US Thought Leader Survey-Where social fits into your agency new busin...RSW/US
"The RSW/US Thought Leader Survey Webinar— Where social fits into your agency new business program today." 9/25/13
In the 4th webinar of our RSW/US Summer series, RSW/US Director of Business Development Lee McKnight Jr gives three reasons why your agency should stop using social for agency new business and dig deeper into findings from our 2013 RSW/US Agency New Business Thought Leader Survey Report.
Lee also touches on questions asked by thought leaders Michael Gass and Jay Baer from our survey, on topics including SlideShare and why it can be so helpful to your agency new business program, and how the newly expanded LinkedIn profile pages work and can add another layer to your new business program.
And finally, Lee addresses specific responses and questions from agencies relating to social and content and the realities of their place within a complete, and successful, new business program.
You Are Not Your Target Audience - How Persona Work Can Add Value to Your Int...aprilosmanof
For internal teams managing complicated websites, it can feel that pressure is coming from all directions. And with a constant barrage of internal business needs and strategies to deal with, it can be hard to stop and remember the people on the other side, the people that have to use the online experience that we are crafting.
Roadmap for Teen Entrepreneurs Finding Their WayShonika Proctor
This presentation is for Teen Entrepreneurs who are trying to figure out their 'Why' and where they belong. I presented it for the U.S. Small Business Administration, National Small Business Week 2010. They recorded the audio but need approval from legal. So since I don't think the approval has been made yet, :-P I included the key talking points on each slide (hence why it's a little wordy). The objective of the presentation is to give teen entrepreneurs so guidance, who need support figuring out their purpose or finding their way in business.
Corporates – the key to the promised landNeagoe Radu
To be successful in business, to have a career that others can only dream of, you need to
change your mindset and understand the opportunities that are there for the taking. Think
seriously about where you are now, whether you are deciding whether to study, are studying
already, or are working in a small business.
The RSW/US Thought Leader Survey-Where social fits into your agency new busin...RSW/US
"The RSW/US Thought Leader Survey Webinar— Where social fits into your agency new business program today." 9/25/13
In the 4th webinar of our RSW/US Summer series, RSW/US Director of Business Development Lee McKnight Jr gives three reasons why your agency should stop using social for agency new business and dig deeper into findings from our 2013 RSW/US Agency New Business Thought Leader Survey Report.
Lee also touches on questions asked by thought leaders Michael Gass and Jay Baer from our survey, on topics including SlideShare and why it can be so helpful to your agency new business program, and how the newly expanded LinkedIn profile pages work and can add another layer to your new business program.
And finally, Lee addresses specific responses and questions from agencies relating to social and content and the realities of their place within a complete, and successful, new business program.
You Are Not Your Target Audience - How Persona Work Can Add Value to Your Int...aprilosmanof
For internal teams managing complicated websites, it can feel that pressure is coming from all directions. And with a constant barrage of internal business needs and strategies to deal with, it can be hard to stop and remember the people on the other side, the people that have to use the online experience that we are crafting.
Youtube starlets 19 yr old Mimi Dávila and Laura Di Lorenzo, aka The Chonga Girls, are talented and witty writers, actresses and comedians that are highlighting and spearheading a burgeoning Hispanic-American cultural movement. They target the fastest growing demo in the nation, 2nd generation english speaking Hispanic-American teens and tweens.
presented at FITC Toronto 2018
More info at http://fitc.ca/event/to18/
Lauren Hom, Hom Sweet Hom
Overview
In early 2016, Lauren packed up her studio in New York City in pursuit of the ultimate form of inspiration: travel. After exploring the world for a year, she was surprised to discover that she didn’t feel more inspired than before. The truth is, she’d actually found more inspiration for her work in her normal, everyday life than in her epic world trip.
That’s not to say that travel can’t be wildly inspiring – it totally can be. But what if she told you that there’s just as much inspiration in fighting with your spouse as there is in traveling the world? Would you believe her if she told you that she’s gotten more inspiration from a night of drinking than a night of watching TED talks? What Lauren hopes to teach you today is that EVERY experience in your life can be used as inspiration. You are the secret source of inspiration you never even knew you had – you just need to know where to look.
Objective
To inspire the audience with stories of how I’ve turned mundane events into powerful creative projects & how they are more than capable of doing the same
Target Audience
Designers and entrepreneurs who want to get more eyes on their work & feel more creatively inspired
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Every experience is inspiration – even the bad stuff
There is magic in the mundane
Relatable ideas are shareable ideas
Use your skills to solve your problems & you’ll solve them for others too
The secret to creativity is simply paying attention
11 truths all interns have to accept to get the most out of the jobPursue Asia
If you’ve ever been a summer intern, you know how real the struggle can be.
Between mastering the coffee maker, making it through your first meeting, and keeping it together when your desk phone rings — sacrificing your summer for work experience can be all kinds of stressful. Rewarding, yes, but mostly stressful.
Below, the 11 stages of being a summer intern, from start to finish:
Lessons Learned From Five of Marketing's Top Minds - starring Robert Rose, An...Workfront
Marketing is a Learning Experience
Great marketing has always been about trial and error and knowing when things are working and when they’re not. This has never been truer than it is now.
Now long ago, the most prominent voices in marketing were fresh out of school, just starting their careers, and making their own share of mistakes. Between then and now, what experiences turned them into the thought leaders they are today?
We asked five of these thought leaders to share with us their most transformative job experiences and what they learned. We hope you enjoy what they shared with us.
As always, fellow marketers, keep experimenting, keep learning, and keep improving!
- Joe Staples, CMO, Workfront
#IconsAround Interview : Somrwita Guha , CEO of Papercup - Creative Entrepren...Sourav Ghosh & Team
People say ‘women can’t do business’. There is a saying ‘Bengalis can’t do business’. Many left Kolkata saying ‘You can’t run a Startup in Kolkata’. Stop, stop, stop! Who cares what people say? Rather let me introduce you to a person, who has dispelled all these myths, and growing a Startup in Kolkata, inspite of being a Bengali woman. Meet Somrwita Guha, the coolest boss and young owner of Papercup.
After 20 years of successfully moving from one job to another without much effort, I suddenly had to find a job. The process of finding job was completing foreign to me. This is my story and lessons from my 7 month job search journey.
This presentation will help you to replace the nervous anxiety that comes over a person before an interview with the understanding that you have a plan of action for the interview.
Who Am I….I am a hardworking guy who, like many others, found himself out of work during the economic downturn in 2010. After a long battle of wrong turns, job search strategies that led to no where, and dead end leads, I decided to take a more strategic approach to my job search. Like anything else in life, I needed to treat my search like a full-time job and create a plan that would allow me to stand out above the competition. This came in especially handy as I was in transition again in 2017. Basically, I just used the tips that I have shared with others and was out of work a total of ZERO days. Yes, I got a job offer the day after my last day at my previous job. Let me show you how I did it so you too can have a quicker landing than you would have had without my tips.
Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me…because I quickly realized that to handle an event like that is to focus on what you can control and share the experience to help others. I believe that an experience not shared is a lost opportunity in life, and that smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people’s experiences. Plus, I told myself that once I figured this out I would share it with others so that they too could navigate the world of unemployment. In these chapters, I show you how I did it so that you will have the confidence to make it through the process. I hope that this presentation helps you to get your next great job.
#career #job_search #job_opportunity_tips #unemployment #motivation #attitude #depression #Job_search_survival #confidence #interviewing #networking #resume #recruiting #hiring_manager #work #transition
The incredible power of a creative side hustle and why you need one todaylovekaran567
I started as an Assistant Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble in India, moved up quickly, then shifted to the Boston Consulting Group and later became a Senior Director at Kraft and then the Chief Marketing Officer for one of New York’s fastest growing start-ups.
This is an updated version of my original personal brand that I completed about a month and a half ago. I've decided to take a second look and see where I am in comparison to where I thought I would be.
Anyone who is into marketing knows the struggles, the tools needed, and what makes it a success. Or do we? Sometimes we think we know, until, doing it becomes more of a task than we thought. No visitors, tons of traffic and no sales, and even lack of discipline creates frustration. One of the things I have learned throughout my journey, you can't reinvent the wheel. Do what works for others. There is a reason so many do it similar, it works! Now that I have found success, I'm striving to share it with others, the way others shared it with me. I am thankful they did share there tools and experience, instead of keeping it to themselves.
This comprehensive program covers essential aspects of performance marketing, growth strategies, and tactics, such as search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, content marketing, social media marketing, and more
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Confessions of a Former Zombie
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I loved the brand
that I was in
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The Magic Hat Campaign:
Event posters, T-shirts, and
other items promoting a
themed yearly nonprofit
community festival
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Paul Hebron
CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER ZOMBIE
It all began with a grumble. I didn’t notice it at first, but looking back, I can see the warning signs as
clear as day. I don’t know when exactly this zombie thing bit me, but the most important part is—
I found a cure.
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and resignation. Sometimes,
the grumble
sessions made me
bitter for days and eventually
I started grumbling about my
job outside of work.
It was during a self-reflective
drive to work that some-thing
clicked. I began to ask
myself, “Why did I expect a company to manage
my
happiness and career expectations?” As I continued
to reflect upon this question, I realized I was looking
at my job as my career, thus seeking too much from
my employer.
Let me explain how I see the difference between
career and job by using the metaphor of a map and a
vehicle. A career is your map and journey; a job is the
vehicle that allows you to move along the map and
have a journey. Like any journey, you might choose
to sightsee along the way or even adjust your course
or destination. When your job ceases to function as a
vehicle and you’re only working for a paycheck, you
might find yourself stuck and going nowhere in your
career. It’s at that point a lot of people start looking
for another job. I was happy with my career, but not
happy with my job. I was stuck, not moving forward
and no longer satisfied.
I loved the brand that I was in charge of, but after a
few years, I realized I wasn’t moving forward. I wasn’t
growing and gaining new experience. To complicate
matters, some of my previous experience wasn’t being
used in my current position. If I really wanted to move
forward in my career, then I needed to freelance on the
side, look for another job, or do both.
A NEW JOB ISN’T
ALWAYS THE ANSWER
I began searching for another job. I wanted to work
for a place that would make me feel excited about
waking up in the mornings—an employer that would
appreciate my contributions and allow me to do
great work. It was during one of my interviews I be-gan
to notice a pattern. Every employer had its share
of zombies. These were people with vacant eyes who
passed me in the hallways as I was being lead to the
interview room. They were drinking from giant jugs
of coffee at 10 a.m. to help them function. These
people, with resigned expressions, looked just like
some of the ones I might be leaving at my current
job. They looked just like me, another 9 to 5 zombie
wanting to live again.
The Club House Logo: A nonprofit preschool
S everal years ago, my work life gradually began to
decay. My job had lost the fun, the zing, and the chal-lenge
it had when I first started. I also noticed a similar
change with my co-workers. I spent my lunch and break times
listening to grumbles about what was wrong with management,
the brands they worked on, and how unhappy they were. The
more I listened, the more I found myself agreeing with some of
their complaints.
Then one day, my nodding agreement turned into a growl-ing
rant about me going nowhere in my job no matter how
hard I worked. I continued on about how unreasonable dead-lines
were and how tired I was of working weekends, taking
work home at night and still not getting recognized for my
extra efforts. All of this made me not want to go to work, but
I came in anyway because I had deadlines. My co-workers
moaned and groaned in agreement. It was done; I was now an
official member of this zombie hoard.
You might be able relate to my situation. You’re sitting
at your desk right now reading this article and realizing that
you’re a zombie, too. Well, dear reader, let me share my story.
Maybe you can walk away from this article with something of
value, which could be your cure.
JOB VS. CAREER
I was the art director for an iconic brand. I worked long hours at my
job, regularly going beyond expectations and creating really remark-able
work. Work that I’m still proud of to this day. Yet, anytime a pro-motion
was available, I was never in the running. After about six years,
I began to feel overlooked and my desire to go to work had dimin-ished.
My emotions bounced around between frustration, anger,
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after a few years,
I realized I wasn’t
moving forward.
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I began to see that if I only switched jobs, I might become a
repeat offender, going from one job to another thinking a new
job would become the Holy Grail of eternal career happiness.
That’s when I resolved to take some responsibility for my career
and the happiness that came along with it. This led me down
the path to giving away my time and talent. Why not? I had a
full-time job with a decent salary that allowed me to pay the
bills. I could at least spend a few hours a week working for free.
The first thing I did, as a way of breathing new life into my
career, was to write a blog about some of my thoughts on
creativity and design. I reached out on LinkedIn, connecting
with other creatives to have conversations about design think-ing,
marketing, branding, and creativity. I also started seeking
opportunities to work with nonprofits that might need creative
help. I wanted to find an organization where I could practice
design strategy and manage entire marketing campaigns.
VOLUNTEERING: A PRESCRIPTION
FOR A ZOMBIE-FREE LIFE
Then, a funny thing happened; I wasn’t angry about my job any-more.
The more I connected outside of work, the happier I was at
work. I was starting to grow my career and myself. It was a very
liberating time. It was during this period that a couple of nonprofit
organizations gave me the volunteer opportunities that I was seek-ing.
About a year after I started managing my own career, I was
laid off. This was one of the most exciting transitions of my life.
I was free to move on to the next destination on my career map.
Digital Media Design Club Logo and Event Posters: A student organization created to encourage interaction between industry professionals
and students by regular speaker events, networking, and professional workshops on a college campus
‘‘ ‘‘ It was during this period that a couple of
nonprofit organizations gave me the volunteer
opportunities that I was seeking.
Discover Wow Campaign: Utility bill inserts promoting a themed yearly nonprofit community festival
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Six years later, I’m still volunteering, and now I have more
than one vehicle to get me places. I’m excited about what each
day might bring. I’m freelancing for a few awesome organiza-tions
and my volunteer projects keep me busy and satisfied. I’m
on the board of two nonprofit groups and I also volunteer for
the arts commission in my city. I’ve even managed to find time
to take classes online and in the classroom.
Most of my volunteer responsibilities have little to do with
creating graphics. Instead, I find myself working on outreach
strategies to connect people in the community. I’ve been able
to create social media and marketing campaigns from the
ground up, reduce overhead, and increase revenue without
decreasing service value.
By giving away my time and talent, I’ve gained more valu-able
career experience than I did when I was focused on what
the job could do for my career. I’ve been able to cultivate and
develop my leadership and management skills. I’ve learned
to listen more and speak less, which has made me a better
designer and creative manager.
I’ve worked with some awesome people, growing my per-sonal
connections and business network beyond what I could
have imagined. In the process, I’ve discovered other skills that
I really enjoy practicing. I’ve found new friends and mentors along
the way and have been able to mentor others by sharing my
experience. The exciting thing is I have nothing to grumble about.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS
My advice to zombies is this: enhance your career path by
looking at volunteer opportunities in your community. Do
something you can be passionate about outside of your job
title and pick a cause to support. Use volunteering as a way
to stretch your skills beyond what you’re doing at your cur-rent
job. I’ve discovered that volunteers are usually passionate
people and are great to connect with toward building your
network. Most nonprofits appreciate volunteers so much that
they will let you know how much they value your time, expe-rience,
and contributions.
Finally, I’m not advocating you leave a full-time job to vol-unteer.
Even a bad job brings a regular paycheck. What I am
saying is if you’ve become a zombie at work and feel stuck in
your career, look at other vehicles to help get you where you
desire to go. Design your career path to include opportunities
to grow outside of a job. By doing this, you just might find the
cure you’ve been seeking. ■
BY DESI G N › ›
The Way Logo: A faith-based youth organization created to awaken and facilitate artistic talents in youth via classes and events
ALL DESIGNS BY PAUL HEBRON