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What Do Hiring Managers Really Want to Know?
Designers: Do you have an interview in your near future? Be ready for the questions that might be fired your way. The Creative Group has assembled questions you can expect hiring managers to ask.
Categories: Design Career, Featured, Interviewing, Job-Search Tips, Résumé & Portfolio
Tags: Career advice, design career, interview, interviewing tips
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Take HOW’s Design Salary Survey
Admit it: You’re curious to know how your paycheck compares to those of your design colleagues in similar positions. HOW’s 2012 Design Salary Report will have all the answers, but we need your help!
Categories: Business Issues, Design Career, Pricing
Tags: designer salary, pay for graphic designers, salary report, salary trends
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17 Design Pros Dish Their Best Career Advice
You won’t believe what 17 seasoned design pros said when asked the question: If You could give young designers one piece of career advice, what would it be? In other words, what do you wish someone had told you?
Categories: Design + Creativity, Design Career, Get Inspired
Tags: career tips, designer advice, Designers
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Start the Year With a Self-Review
Conducting a self-review can clarify your career direction, helping you to identify what you really hope to accomplish in the future. It’s an exercise that can be both empowering and instructive.
3 Sticky Salary Situations
Are you looking for a job, or trying to figure out how to negotiate a better salary in 2012? Here are 3 sticky salary situations you may encounter in your career and how to handle each one with diplomacy.
Categories: Design Career, Featured, In-House, On the Job, Salary
Tags: designer salary, salary trends
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6 Tips to Perfect Your Portfolio
All style and no substance is the No. 1 critique voiced by executives about creative portfolios, according to a a survey by The Creative Group. Find out how to build and present a a portfolio that demonstrates value to potential employers.
Categories: Design Career, Featured, HOW Magazine, Interviewing, January 2012 HOW Magazine, Job-Search Tips, Résumé & Portfolio
Tags: portfolio, portfolio tips, resume
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12-Month Career-Boosting Guide
Need a game plan for moving your in-house design career forward during the new year? Take the following 12 steps to help maximize your work potential. By making one new change each month, you can boost your career outlook—and add a little fun to your job!
Top 5 Tech Etiquette Tips
Today’s high-tech world calls for vigilance, good judgment and excellent etiquette. Here are five tips for avoiding some of the most common digital protocol pitfalls.
Categories: Design Career, Featured, On the Job
Tags: Career advice, networking, technology
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Salary Negotiation Missteps: 6 Mistakes to Avoid
Here are six common salary negotiation mistakes creatives make and how to avoid them when you negotiate better pay.
Categories: Design Career, Featured, HOW Magazine, November 2011 HOW Magazine, Salary
Tags: career, designer salary, salary
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6 Secrets from the Etsy Design Team
While you may not actually work at Etsy, you can make it feel like you do with these tips from their in-house design team for instilling inspiration into any office.
Categories: Design Career, Get Inspired, HOW Magazine, In-House, November 2011 HOW Magazine, On the Job
Tags: in-house department, Profile
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