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Why Did This Person Get Hired? 2 More Case Studies
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Why Career Catfishing Is Costing You More Than You Think
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Will This Confusing Job Market Continue?
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How to Stop Doomscrolling and Stay Focused at Work
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How to Use AI Ethically in Your Job Search
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Top 10 Skills to Land a Better Job
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Ah, tax season is upon us yet again. And if you’re a freelancer with an LLC, they’re due soon ...
6 Interview Questions To Help You Hire The Right Creative
Even if you're a seasoned creative, you might not know where to start when it comes to the ...
Why Leading With Fear Is a Bad Idea
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Inside the Job Application Process: Insights from Recruiters
We know that job searching is a job in itself. You update your portfolio, tailor your resume, ...
AI Prompting 101: How to get The Best Results from AI
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How To Prevent LinkedIn From Becoming Facebook
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5 Steps Toward Landing Your First Creative Job
We won’t sugar-coat it: landing a job is tough right now. But creatives are fortunate to have ...
Our Most Helpful Blogs of 2024
As the year is winding down and we’re heading into the holiday season, we wanted to reflect on ...
OOO Etiquette: How To Prep For Time Off
The holidays are upon us! We could all use a little time off, right? Whether you’re going on a ...
Design Trends to Focus on in 2025
2025 is around the corner and, with the job market being how it is, we wanted to bring useful ...
How To Write a Successful Cold Email for Job Searching
The question on every job-seeker’s mind right now is: how do I stand out as an applicant for ...
Why Didn’t I Get The Job?
So you just went through rounds of interviews and got the sense that they liked you! You felt ...
Why Did This Person Get Hired? 2 More Case Studies
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Naming: The Copy Job Everyone Wants In 2025
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What to do When a New Hire isn’t Working Out
So you’ve successfully hired someone for your team, but a few weeks go by and something’s not ...
How to Write Your Own Freelance Contract
Thanks to the internet, there are so many variations on contracts out there. You can ask AI to ...
Why You Should Care What Former Employees Think
In one way or another, all of your employees will leave your company—and when that happens ...
How to Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market
It’s safe to say that, due to years of layoffs, inflation, and the birth of AI, we’ve entered ...
How to Hire Quickly in 2024
Since more and more people have moved toward working remotely, it has made hiring even more ...
The Art of Following Up: How and When to do It
It feels like the art of communication has gotten worse since the pandemic—and especially in ...
Why Did This Person Get Hired? 3 Case Studies
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Your Virtual & In-Person Interview Checklist
Especially in a tight hiring market, landing a job interview is a reason to celebrate. ...
Candidate vs. Applicant: What’s the difference?
You may never have thought about this, but in the job search process, there is a big ...
How to Stay Proactive Through Tough Times
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The New Rules for Working in the Summer
Summertime has always been the time for kicking back, relaxing, and taking vacations. ...
How to Pitch Yourself to a Client
Freelancers know that right now it’s tougher than ever to land new clients, thanks to a ...
How to Spot and Hire Teachable Talent
Why is it so important to hire people who can learn on the job? Is that more important now? ...
Does your Portfolio Show your Real Value?
After graduating from college, no doubt you learned that your portfolio needs to showcase your ...
17 Unique Job Boards You Should Know
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Questions to Ask Before Saying Yes to a Freelance Gig
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What Happens After You Apply for A Job?
We get questions like these all the time, "What happens after I hit submit and apply for that ...
How to Build Relationships With Remote Clients
Working remotely, though it has its obvious perks, can be tough on relationship-building. ...
How to Spot and Avoid Job Scams
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The Best Questions to Ask During Your Interview
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How to Create More Engaging Content
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When to Say No to a Freelance Gig
Freelancing (aka being your own boss) can be tough. Managing yourself, your schedule and your ...
Why You Should Hire a Specialized Generalist
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5 Strategies for When Job Searching Feels Hopeless
According to the latest research, finding a job right now is the hardest it’s been since 2022 ...
How to find Community as a Freelancer
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Hiring Managers: Here’s How to Handle all of those Job Applications
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How to Market Your Soft Skills Like a Pro
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Creatives: How to Get the Rest You Need
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5 Steps to Stay Organized as a Freelancer
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How to Prepare for the Hiring Process - as a Manager
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How to Prepare for the Hiring Process - as a Candidate
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How to Find A More Stable Job In 2024
Over 262,000 employees in the tech world were laid off in 2023 alone. The shocker was that it ...
A Step-By-Step Guide to Networking That Works
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It’s Time to Update your Portfolio Homepage
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How to Improve Communication with Your Coworkers
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Culture Fit: What Does it Really Mean?
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It's Time to Start Managing Up
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How to Prioritize Projects During Tough Times
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How to Answer Interview Questions About Your Skills Gap
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Your Team & Budget Were Cut: How do You Keep Going?
Most of us have been there—you’re doing well at a job you love. All your projects are going ...
How to Build Your Personal Brand in 2024
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How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome as a Creative
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How to Tell if a Job is the Right Fit for You
If you’re looking for a job right now, reading every single job description thoroughly might ...
What are the Top Candidate Green Flags in Hiring?
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How to Build a Better Creative Portfolio with AI
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Why Networking is so Important Right Now
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Creative Skills You Need to be Competitive
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How to Attract the Best Candidates
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How to Deal with Job Search Burnout
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How to Deal with Creative Anxiety
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5 Ways AI Can Help You Land A Job
The state of the job market is tough right now, both for companies and for the creatives ...
Why Humans Are Better than AI in the Design Process
At the heart of everything designers do is the design process — aka every stage from concept ...
ChatGPT Prompts to Help you Prepare for Interviews
Artificial Intelligence has been around for a long time, but now we finally have open-source ...
5 Signs You Need to Hire
We know that the state of hiring is less than ideal at the moment. Amid economic ...
The State of the Job Market for Creatives
We are not going to sugar-coat it—times are tough right now when it comes to getting hired. ...
The State of the Job Market for Hiring Managers
Now more than halfway through 2023, we’re seeing a lot of what was forecasted by places like ...
How to Be Found on LinkedIn
LinkedIn has been around for 20 years. That’s a long time for a ...
A Designer’s Thoughts on Working with AI
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How to Reach out to a Recruiter - Professionally
So you’ve found it—your dream job was just posted online and you know you’re perfect for the ...
Should You Hire During a Recession?
When the news is telling us to buckle up for the next recession (or is a soft landing?), it’s ...
How to Stay Positive Through Rounds of Interviews
While we can all agree that working remotely offers some great benefits to the workplace, it ...
Design 101: What to expect in your first job
So you just graduated with a degree in design—congratulations! Now that you’re looking for ...
Top 5 Reminders about Job Hunting
So you’re getting back out there, looking for a permanent job after a layoff, full-time ...
Supercharge Your Copywriting with AI
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A Guide to Writing Copy Better (& Faster) with AI
Everybody’s talking about AI. My Youtube feed is littered with videos about how to harness the ...
How to Make Your Employees Feel Safe After Layoffs
We’ve already discussed the very practical ways of retaining your employees, like boosting ...
New and Emerging AI Jobs
With all this talk about AI, one of the biggest worries is that all of our jobs will become ...
5 Easy Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out
We all know that, when it comes to your resume these days, it’s very important to be up to ...
What Type of Designer Do You Need to Hire?
Ten or twenty years ago, design jobs were pretty straightforward, focusing on either the world ...
Should You Have a Fallback Career?
Through the last few years we’ve seen steep ups and downs with the job market and job security ...
How to Go Freelance After Being Laid Off
So far in 2023, it seems like there's another round of massive layoffs every week. The worst ...
Stop Making Candidates Jump Through So Many Interview Hoops
Lately, the biggest gripe around hiring is how long and arduous the entire interview process ...
Let's Revisit: Is AI Coming For Creative Jobs?
Back in October, we covered the emergence of AI as it was affecting creative jobs and now, 6 ...
How to Spot a Recruiting Scam
Scams have always plagued our society and, thanks to the birth of the Internet, scammers were ...
Top 5 Killers of Company Culture
On this blog, we often talk about the best qualities that create a healthy culture at any ...
How to Become an Indispensable Freelancer
With all the discussion going on around AI coming for creative jobs, we thought it would be ...
Alternatives to Rage Applying
The social state of the workplace has been through so many ups and downs throughout the last ...
Artisan Talent Named one of SIA's Best Staffing Firms to Work For
Chicago, IL - Artisan Talent, a leading creative staffing agency, has been named one of the ...
How to make a good first impression working remotely
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Top 5 Reasons Remote Work is Still Essential
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How to Handle Layoffs the Right Way
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5 Industries that are Perpetually Hiring
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Copywriting 101: How to Concept a 360 Campaign
At some point in your career, you’re going to find yourself faced with the enormous task of ...
How to Create Passive Income Streams as a Creative
You’re already a talented and established Creative. You have your job, you have your ...
How (& Why) to Improve Retention - Even During a Recession
We’ve talked about the elements that led to the Great Resignation as well as the current ...
Your Guide to Salary Changes
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How to Become an SEO Expert
Organic search remains a significant source of website traffic and one of the most valuable ...
How Do I Determine My Pay Rate?
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Is AI Coming for Your Job? We asked ChatGPT...
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How to be Better at Your Job this Year
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How to Discover What You Really Want to Do
With 2022 almost over and another year on the horizon, many might be contemplating a career ...
How to Create More Sustainable Digital Design
Everything we do consumes energy, right down to the tools we use and the designs we build. If ...
Top Design Trends for 2023
2022 saw trends like bold graphics and psychedelic text continue to make waves in the design ...
How to Build a Network of Freelancers
If there’s one thing we know, it’s that networking close to home with people you know is the ...
How to Prep Your Portfolio
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How to Stay Positive at Work (Without Being Toxic)
In the last few years, we’ve all experienced a drastic change in how we treat work and ...
How to Return to Networking (Even if You're not Feeling it)
We’ve been hearing from coworkers and from the greater creative community that networking ...
How do Elections Impact your Job?
Every November we return to the ballot box to elect local officials and vote on important ...
How to Prep to Return to Office… even if you’re terrified
The office sits on a hill, its windows open and drafty. The formerly majestic plants in the ...
Is AI Coming for Creative Jobs?
In this highly digital world where big tech is working on ever-improving Artificial ...
How to Quit your Job without Burning Bridges
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Why Layoffs Happen & How to Deal
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The Future of Workwear Post-Pandemic
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WFH or RTO? What's right for your company?
Since early 2021, big companies have made public announcements about their workplace scenario, ...
What is Quiet Quitting & is it for you?
You’ve probably seen so many hot takes on this buzzword by this point (we even did a LinkedIn ...
Everything You Need to Know about Unions
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The Guide to Building a Great Resume for Creatives
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Words to Remove from your Resume - Today
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5 Revealing Interview Questions & What They Mean
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What Makes a Successful UX Designer?
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3 Ways Empathy Can Help You Land a Job
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3 Signs to Extend a Job Offer ASAP
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Why Going Niche with Your Skills Makes You More Hirable
Becoming a specialist in any field can be scary. The immediate worry is that, especially as a ...
Pros & Cons of Being a Digital Nomad
With so many of us able to work remotely, the Digital Nomad life is certainly attractive to ...
4 Ways to Celebrate Pride with Your Remote Team
Some of us might not miss physically being in the office but we can all agree that we miss ...
How to Get Over the Taboo of Discussing Your Salary
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A Day in the Life of a UX Designer
User experience is one of the most impactful areas of the design world, especially in the last ...
Bad Job Search Advice to Ignore
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Avoiding Age Discrimination in the Hiring Process
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Tips to Revamp Your Resume and Portfolio
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How to Manage Time as a Freelancer
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Questions to ask yourself before switching careers
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How to Start Freelancing
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Why is it so hard to hire right now?
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3 Signs You Should Accept That Job Offer
We’ve been pretty focused lately on all the ways that we have to manage our expectations ...
What is a Stay Interview and Should You be Doing Them?
More and more we’ve reported on people leaving the workplace. But there are some who’ve been ...
The Best Interview Questions for Remote Jobs
When your office is entirely remote, it’s crucial to know that your future employers and ...
Roles that Need More Women & Non-binary Candidates in 2022
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A Typical Day for a Social Media Manager
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What are NFTs & Should More Designers be Making Them?
NFTs have become popular among designers as it gives them a new futuristic outlet for creating ...
Do you need a Freelance or Fulltime hire?
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How (& Why) to Follow up After a Job Interview
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How to Diversify Your Income as a Freelancer
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Why is everyone STILL quitting their jobs?
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Should Your Office Close for Good?
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New Year, New Skills — What's the Best Site to Upskill?
Creators, have you been inundated with ads for the latest and greatest learning and ...
The Design Portfolio Trends of 2022 that You Need to Know
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The 4 Steps to a Great Copywriter Portfolio
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The Content Trends that Will Continue to Rule 2022
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How to Manage Hiring Expectations in 2022
The pandemic has completely changed how we work. For employers, it’s been especially hard to ...
How to Manage Expectations as a Job-Seeker
Out of all the experiences that have completely changed during the pandemic, job seeking is ...
Genius Ways to Give Back to the Creative Community This Holiday
The holidays are the perfect time to give back. But an often-overlooked group when giving back ...
A Day in the Life of a Freelance Designer
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How to Find Gratitude in Challenging Times
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How to Ask for a Raise Now
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5 Unique Interview Questions
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The Best Apps for Working Remotely with Teams
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How to Avoid Becoming a Remote Work Zombie
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Tools To Turn A Freelance Gig Into A Full-Scale Business
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Creative Jobs of the Future
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Is LinkedIn Still the Best Way to Find a Job?
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Sketch, XD, or Figma— Do you need to know all 3?
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The Resume Update That Will Make You More Hirable - Instantly
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Ten Books All Designers Should Read
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How to Set Freelancing Boundaries
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Questions to Consider Before Hiring Your Next Employee
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Questions to Ask Yourself if You're Thinking About Quitting Your Job
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