Ryan Scott Lum is a designer, entrepreneur, and founder of Creative Guerrilla Marketing. He has over 5,700 Twitter followers and 5,500 Facebook likes. Lum discusses finding your passion and shares tips for career success, including being curious, building relationships, and communicating effectively. He also covers options for agency life and freelancing, highlighting resources for freelancers and tips for online portfolios.

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www.ryanlum.com Tweet me @ryanscottlum

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31. DreamBIG
Finding Your Passion

33. The only way to do
great work is to love
what you do. If you
haven't found it yet,
keep looking. Don't
settle. As with all
matters of the heart,
you'll know when
you find it.
Steve Jobs
1974–2011

37. Agenda
1. Agency Life
2. Freelancing

38. Agenda
1. Agency Life
2. Freelancing

42. Landing the Job

43. RESUME

44. THE OLD RESUME

45. THE NEW RESUME
individual
I am an experienced, career-minded
ent position
that seeks a web design/developm
ironment.
for a serious company with a fun env
lls while
I want to challenge and grow my ski
applications
building beautiful, intuitive online
ernet’s
that will provide solutions to the Int
01
. I am looking
most common usability problems
fessionals
to be a part of a close team of pro
ir expertise
that share my same passion for the
and love what they do.

46. SOCIAL
MEDIA

48. SOCIAL MEDIA
Interact with agencies
• Follow them on twitter and engage
• Join them on facebook and comment on their articles.
• Follow them on linkedin and see what positions are open
• Read their blogs and engage them in conversation

49. 45% of employers questioned are using
social networks to screen job candidates
Survey conducted for Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com - January 2010

50. 35% of employers decided not to offer a
job to a candidate based on the content
uncovered on a social networking site
Survey conducted for Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com - January 2010

51. Facebook was the most popular online
destination for employers to do their
online sleuthing, followed by LinkedIn and
Myspace.
Survey conducted for Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com - January 2010

52. Facebook was the most popular online
destination for employers to do their
online sleuthing, followed by LinkedIn and
Myspace. -<
Twitter
Survey conducted for Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com - January 2010

56. 1
Be Professional.

57. 2
Google Yourself.

58. Google Yourself

59. Google Yourself
Apparently I’m a Musician

60. Google Yourself
Apparently I’m a Musician
...and a Doctor.

61. Google Yourself
Apparently I’m a Musician
...and a Doctor.
But above all else, I’m a...

62. Google Yourself
Apparently I’m a Musician
...and a Doctor.
But above all else, I’m a...

63. Google Yourself
Apparently I’m a Musician
...and a Doctor.
But above all else, I’m a...
Cool.

64. 3
Be Relevant.

68. Well...Maybe I don’t want
to work for an agency.

69. Agenda
1. Agency Life
2. Freelancing

70. Start Now!

71. Resources
http://tutsplus.com/
http://freelanceswitch.com/
http://mashable.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com

72. THE ONLINE PORTFOLIO

73. THE ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Krop.com

74. THE ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Krop.com Carbonmade.com

75. THE ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Krop.com Carbonmade.com
Tischen.com

76. THE ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Krop.com Carbonmade.com
Tischen.com Behance.net

77. Pricing

78. 3 Tips for Career Success

79. Be Curious

80. Build Relationships

81. Communicate Effectively

82. Agenda
1. Agency Life
2. Freelancing

83. Find a mentor.

84. Continue to grow
your skills

85. Keep your chin up!

86. "The brick walls are there
to give us a chance to
show how badly we want
something." - Randy Pausch,The Last Lecture

87. Questions?

88. Grab a cup of coffee or tea

89. THANKS!
LET’S CONNECT
Twitter.com/RyanScottLum
Facebook.com/Ryan.S.Lum
www.RyanLum.com
www.CreativeGuerrillaMarketing.com