I've got a very eclectic resume: 5-7 years of experience in several different fields at once, because I have had multiple simultaneous jobs. Now I'm looking for a new gig, and I think I have a lot to offer, but I'm not sure how to market the breadth of my skills.
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posted by overeducated_alligator
on Jun 1, 2013 -
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I'm trying to get a specific job title, but it is a difficult one to find. What is the best course of action to take here?
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posted by Saydur
on May 16, 2013 -
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Somebody I am very close to is a senior designer at a graphic design firm in Southern CA. She has been there many years. She is ridiculously overworked and underappreciated, and while she has achieved some authority in the company she has also hit the glass ceiling pretty hard and she is dealing with some covert but undeniable workplace sexism. She desperately wants to quit and work someplace else, but for a million special snowflakey reasons, it is very difficult to make that happen. Help?
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posted by Ursula Hitler
on May 11, 2013 -
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What I would like to know is for those of you actually in the field who work in UI/UX design what the day to day is actually like.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 25, 2013 -
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I need to find a Web designer -- but one that can design for a Django environment. MeFi Jobs hasn't turned up anything, and free sites just get me spam from India. What pay-to-play posting sites are worth paying for?
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posted by Shepherd
on Jan 31, 2013 -
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Suggest me a rewarding and inspiring career side-step.
I desperately need to find a new job, but the obvious ones directly on my career path are just not working for me.
I'm looking for a more creative/design environment which will value my engineering skills and to which I can bring my unusual innovative experience.
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posted by BadMiker
on Jun 26, 2012 -
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How do I get a new job? What kind of jobs do I even qualify for? How do I get over the fact that I didn't graduate from college and present a more confident self to potential employers?
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posted by krakenattack
on Feb 27, 2012 -
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I art direct/design a magazine. I want out. What are the legal/ethical concerns with putting that work in my online portfolio? (BONUS: am i being treated unfairly?)
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on Mar 8, 2011 -
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Getting into web design (or maybe graphic design?) professionally a couple years after completing a good but in some ways lacking college education. I'm looking to fill in the blanks in my knowledge. Am I on the right track?
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posted by miraimatt
on Mar 6, 2011 -
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Interviewing for a job as a graphic designer with a company in a relatively small regional marketplace (in Canada). Assuming things go as well as I hope and think they will in the interview, where should I begin salary negotiations? Other guidance welcome!
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posted by hamandcheese
on Jun 13, 2010 -
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Is it a good idea for a freelance web designer to work through a middleman? I have someone, a family member, let's just call him "Alfred", who has made a business proposition with me.
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posted by starpoint
on Feb 26, 2010 -
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What are some good IT-related, or editorial-related, blogs and sites on which to comment, so that if my name is Googled by potential employers, these comments will show in the search rankings? I'm not trying to get my name out there, what I'm trying to do is: kick some old and irrelevant Google search results down, so that relevant and current interests show up first.
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posted by citron
on Nov 11, 2009 -
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GiftFilter: What can I give my brother-in-law for Christmas that will help improve his chances of getting a 3D art job?
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posted by wintersweet
on Dec 17, 2008 -
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How can a young creative break into the world of advertising? What does it take to live in Chicago and go to Chicago Portfolio School?
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posted by designbyme
on Dec 7, 2008 -
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How do I negotiate (tomorrow!) a decent salary for working part-time as a creative services manager for a successful bakery where the company wants to leverage the coolness factor of the environment and I want to leverage my years of varied experience?
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posted by FlyByDay
on May 30, 2007 -
12 answers
Graphic/Web designers, I need your help. Based on the list of designer definitions at designsalaries.com, I would like to gather profiles of what a typical "real" day is like for your position.
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posted by jeremias
on Aug 21, 2006 -
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Hello.
Here’s the lowdown: I’m the senior sound designer / managing director for a leading international sound library company who’s been successfully running a company that doesn’t belong to me for 6 years. I’ve exhausted this opportunity, as the company is limited in its ability to grow due to the owners methods. In short, although I still have my job (and could have it forever, so to speak), I need to get out. I’m striving to create an opportunity for myself (and potentially for some of the other amazing employees I’ve hired who are looking for better opportunities) by starting a new company, and I must act now as I am not getting any younger.. I’ve been thinking this through for almost 6 months now, and something seeming great has just happened. Can you help me make the most out of it?
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posted by AdInfinitum
on May 25, 2006 -
13 answers
How can I get a short-term, labor-intensive job in a field I'd like to start a career in?
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posted by itchi23
on Jan 19, 2006 -
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