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No pro formas, no elevator pitches, no 5-year plans. These entrepreneurs watched their businesses blossom, thanks to a dynamic mix of both client work and product design. See how they did it so you can grow your own thriving business.
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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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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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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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Guide to Socializing with Co-Workers
According to The Creative Group, 64% of executives polled say that employees who socialize outside of the office enjoy more productive working relationships. See how to socialize with co-workers in a manner that is appropriate and not destructive.
Missed Promotions
While missing out on a promotion is disappointing, there may be an upside: You may emerge from the situation with a clearer sense of where you want to go, as well as how to get there. These tips can help you learn from the setback and increase your chances of landing a promotion in the future.
Categories: Design Career, Featured, In-House, On the Job
Tags: career tips, design career, promotion
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5 Things to Consider Before You Quit
Are you thinking about quitting your design job? Before you say “so long” and head out the door in a heated moment, consider these points before making a decision you may later regret. Or, decide if maybe you are ready for greener grass.
Categories: Design Career, Featured, In-House, Job-Search Tips, On the Job
Tags: career, design job
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Do You Suck at Selling Your Ideas?
Phenomenal ideas, like that for the Dyson vacuum cleaner, are sometimes the hardest ideas to sell. Take tips from James Dyson on selling your next big idea to decision makers.
Be an “Unofficial” Creative Team Leader
It’s a classic catch-22: You’re given responsibility for a design project for a client, but no formal authority over the other players who will assist you in the assignment. How do you exert your influence in such a situation? Consider the following 5 tips
Categories: Design Career, Featured, In-House, On the Job
Tags: career, client, leadership, project management
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The Empathic Designer: 5 Tips for Better Collaborative Relationships
Design success is as often as much the result of the quality of the relationships formed with clients, as it is the quality of the design. David Holston, author of “The Strategic Designer,” offers 5 tips for better collaborative design relationships with clients.
Categories: Business Issues, Clients, Design + Business, Featured, On the Job
Tags: client relations, clients, collaboration, creativity tips, design strategy
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