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How To Have Fun at Work
Are you having fun at work? Your responses to the following 11 questions can help you keep the fun at work flowing when you start to slump.
Categories: HOW July 2012, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: career, inspiration
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The rule of 3: How to help evolve your client
By Mike Clark of www.shelfidentity.com Do you ever feel like a note taker instead of a creative problem solver? Has a buyer ever sketched out what they want for you, and said, “I’m practically designing it for you?” If you’ve ever dealt with a…
Categories: In-House Design: Careers & Advice
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5 Tips to Help Designers Avoid the Summer Doldrums
Design work seems to either come to a crawl or become insanely busy during the summer. Either way, you can avoid the summer doldrums with these tips.
6 Tips for Designers Working Remotely
Today, it’s not uncommon for telecommuter team members to be spread out across the globe. Consider these tips for managing remote working relationships.
Categories: Design Business: Industry Issues & Advice, Design Careers: Industry Advice & Job Search Tips, Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: remote worker, remote working, team morale, telecommuter, virtual meetings, working remotely
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8 Social Media Tips for New Grads
If you’re looking for a job, be sure to make the most of social media. Following are eight social media tips to help you in your graphic design career job hunt.
The Ins and Outs of Job Hunting
Job search tools have given way to the modern must-haves, according to The Creative Group. Following are the “ins” and “outs” of the job-hunting scene today.
Categories: Design Job Search Tips
Tags: get hired, graphic designer jobs, resume tips
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In-House Business Startup Journal Part 4: Assessment and planning at less than warp speed
Assessment and planning at less than warp speed. By Andy Brenits, as originally seen on www.in-source.org The first task I undertake when starting a new creative services leadership job is to assess the situation. After about a month I typically have a…
Categories: In-House Design: Careers & Advice
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When to make the leap to F/T freelancing
by Ilise Benun If you’ve been freelancing on the side and trying to decide when is the right time to make the leap, you’re not alone. Here are two freelancers who blog for the Creative Freelancer Blog with their perspectives on the topic: Alisa Bonsi…
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Join the Revolution!
Join the Revolution! By Ed Roberts I’ve traveled the country attending various conferences searching for seeds of knowledge that I could plant and harvest for the purpose of nourishing my career. On the menu was one celebrity designer after an…
In-House Business Startup Journal Part 3: All May Not Be What It Seems
All is not what it seems, but remember why you are here By Andy Brenits, as originally seen on www.in-source.org After a few weeks on the job I have heard more airing of dirty laundry than I would have expected. But, this is actually par for the course…
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