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On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
How to Manage Workplace Gossip
Knowing when to halt bad workplace gossip and spread the good is a valuable skill to possess. Following are some office gossip guidelines.
In-House Designers: 37 Ways to Get Fired
Here, Andy Epstein, author of “The Corporate Creative,” offers a tongue-in-cheek list of ways to get fired in the hopes that you’ll not try them.
Categories: Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, Featured, HOW Books: Exclusive Excerpts & Design Book Reviews, HOW September 2012, In-House Design: Careers & Advice, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: career tips, corporate creative, in-house department, in-house designer
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Teleconference Etiquette
Following are some teleconference etiquette suggestions for making the most of these sometimes awkward meetings.
Categories: Featured, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: client relations, meetings, teleconferences
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Web Type Revolution
Web typography, according to Jason Cranford Teague, has made a dramatic change for the better in the past decade. Find out why in “Web Type Revolution.” Plus, read about 10 trends in web type.
How to Focus at Work and Manage Distractions
If you’re at a loss for how to focus at work because of too many on-the-job distractions, consider these tips to help you get back on track.
Categories: Featured, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: job distractions, time-managment
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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, Featured, On the Job: Advice & Tips for Designers
Tags: remote worker, remote working, team morale, telecommuter, virtual meetings, working remotely
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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.
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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Get a Design Job and Keep a Job with Essential Skills
As a designer, evolving and growing your skill-sets is essential. Those with digital expertise, in particular, are in strong demand. Get practical advice for acquiring hot skills and take control of your career in design.
Surviving as the Sole Designer for a Corporation
If you’re the sole designer at a big corporation, you probably feel both isolated and overextended. Following are some tips for making connections and lightening your workload.
