I want to move into a marketing job in the financial services industry, where my strong analysis and writing skills and software competence will help me perform well. My problem - My background is all in marketing small firms with shoestring budgets and consequently few major impacts to brag about. How can I convince potential employers that my small-time experience can help their larger business/ how can I get into financial services marketing - temping? free work trials? or sticking to seeking a full time permanent position.
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posted by AuroraSky
on Nov 2, 2006 -
2 answers
I feel like I've made a bad move career-wise. Please help me avoid making any more mistakes.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 24, 2006 -
20 answers
Based on my job skills, what should I go back to school and study, in order to have one of those "career" thingys?
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posted by weirdoactor
on Oct 24, 2006 -
8 answers
Now that I'm getting familiar with PHP and MySQL et al, what should I add to my portfolio to make myself hirable?
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posted by cebailey
on Oct 20, 2006 -
4 answers
I am an undergraduate student considering entering my school's Individualzied Major Program. Is this a good idea, especially w/regards to post-graduate work?
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posted by bookish
on Oct 16, 2006 -
18 answers
Writer, linguist, filmmaker, scientist? Help me give my friend advice about his career choice.
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posted by mjklin
on Oct 16, 2006 -
16 answers
JobInterviewFilter: Should you or should you not take a pad of paper with you to the interview? If so, should you use it for any of the following purposes (inside)?
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posted by pricklypear
on Sep 22, 2006 -
26 answers
Last night a friend remarked that I have beautiful hands. I have heard that before from many people. Inspired by vodka, the two of us decided that my lifetime calling is to become a hand model...
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posted by barrakuda
on Sep 22, 2006 -
9 answers
I love arguing with people -- orally walking them through their premises, disputing their conclusions, bringing up cool new analogies and information, and learning and teaching in the process. I want to do this all day long and get paid for it. Career recommendations?
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posted by shivohum
on Sep 20, 2006 -
29 answers
I'm currently in a rut careerwise, and am feeling a burning need to change direction - literally.
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posted by spinifex23
on Sep 11, 2006 -
9 answers
Need your help finding my son a career. He would like to stay in college but with an idea on what he is there for.
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posted by FLHunter3006
on Sep 10, 2006 -
14 answers
I have till tomorrow to decide whether to take this job offer or not. Here's the situation.
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posted by zavulon
on Aug 23, 2006 -
22 answers
I need a masters degree to build credibility and transition from the financial services industry to working in educational services/public policy...but, financial services will go nicely with my goal to offer practical curriculum in schools
(dealing with the all too often ignored topics of financial & character based education).
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posted by Jhaus
on Aug 21, 2006 -
6 answers
I've found each of the questions I have separately on MeFi, but I was hoping that someone will have a huge, big conglomerated answer to my many questions that all essentially lead to a better, happier, more productive and fulfilling life overall.
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posted by slyboots421
on Aug 18, 2006 -
13 answers
I'm a "web developer," but I want to be a geographer. What do I do with this disjointed skillset?
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posted by timetoevolve
on Aug 16, 2006 -
6 answers
Yesterday, I interviewed with a headhunting/creative talent agency. Should I sign up with them formally?
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posted by aladfar
on Aug 9, 2006 -
10 answers
Security Clearance/Foreign Service-filter: I'm thinking of a career in the Foreign Service when I get out of college (T-minus 4 years), which I am just now entering. While metafilter has had
questions about this before, but my situation is am bit different (so I'm hoping the Foreign Service mefites from those threads can chime in). The most important distinction is that I'm looking to be a
Security Engineering Officer, or in some other sort of engineering related role (which falls under "Management" I believe) not a diplomat. Much more after the jump...
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posted by phrontist
on Aug 8, 2006 -
12 answers
Case of the Mondays Filter: if you're stuck in a corporate job, but aspire to a creative job, how do you make your time in the cubicle count?
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posted by milkdropcoronet
on Aug 7, 2006 -
4 answers
Is advertising a good field of study for a web designer with an interest in infographics who writes well and wants a career where she gets to call (some of) the shots? What schools should I look into? Tell me my future.
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posted by lychee
on Aug 1, 2006 -
10 answers
Dressing for the interview with a twist or two. I am flying to an interview with an Internet company in less than two weeks. I received the agenda just now and the recruiter notes "I would recommend professional attire." Help...
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posted by FlamingBore
on Jul 27, 2006 -
51 answers
What sort of career options would one have with a bachelor's degree in anthropology?
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posted by mrhaydel
on Jul 21, 2006 -
21 answers
I have always been very interested in education and wonder if I began teaching, if it would open up some interesting job opportunities later on that are different from being a teacher?
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posted by onepapertiger
on Jul 18, 2006 -
18 answers
Yet another "I hate my job" filter. Is it irresponsible to quit my job with absolutely nothing lined up? How about if finances for the next year weren't a huge issue?
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posted by delladlux
on Jul 18, 2006 -
31 answers
I told the CEO of my company that it was time to talk "exit plan" a week ago. In the interim I'm at an industry convention...
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posted by FlamingBore
on Jul 18, 2006 -
6 answers
I start a new job next week at a local newspaper in the production end of ad sales...ie. design. This will be the first time I've worked in three years. I dumbed down my resume a lot to get the job, which I really want. It's in a small town, which I moved to three years ago and the paper publishes twice a week....small town....really small town. I used to work at a high profile 24 hour Cable News Network located in Atlanta, GA, which shall remain nameless, wink. wink, in a very stressful, high responsibility position...
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posted by jamie939
on Jul 17, 2006 -
12 answers
Has anyone out there successfully used a reference checking agency to check out a potentially bad reference? If the reference was, in fact, bad, were you able to solve the problem?
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posted by jason's_planet
on Jul 8, 2006 -
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