In late 2014, a U.S. News & World Report article stated that 70% of job seekers landed their new role through networking. If you're looking for a job, it means using every opportunity to search. Social media is a great tool and sites like LinkedIn are perused by recruiters and HR Managers daily. But are those business-sponsored networking events worth visiting?
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Are you considering accepting a freelance job? As a freelancer, your talent offers you a wide range of opportunities for creative and challenging work. And whether your specialty is graphic design, marketing, or some other creative field, you possess a skill set that can be highly valuable to businesses and organizations.
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Working a little light reading into your day can help you tremendously in your career. For designers, one of the biggest challenges you face is that you probably spent the majority of your college days studying design. This is well and good, but being a good designer is only one part of being a successful designer.
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Your brand is simply the most powerful tool you have to build lasting relationships with your customers. It has a compelling story yet to be told, and one that will captivate your audience and create new opportunities for your brand to grow and succeed.
There are three main ways to image resize items from the Adobe Suite to fit onto a print-sized product. Using these, it's possible to resize images intricately and to fit them to the product in high resolution.
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It’s your job to keep people’s attention, but in our world of consistent sensory input, that’s becoming increasingly difficult to do. How do you make your presentation pop?
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At the end of every interview, the question comes: "Do you have any questions for me?" The interviewer stares at you expectantly and you're left to rack your mind for an answer. You need an interview question that seems clever, insightful and unique.
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What exactly is an infographic and why is it so effective? An infographic is, really, any representation of data in a creative and interesting way, displayed in a single easily shared image.
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Starting out as a freelancer can be daunting, but with the right portfolio and education to back you, you will get that first job sooner than you think. Here are a few ways to make yourself stand out.
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How do you keep track of your billable hours? While you could always decide to write down your freelance hours in pen and paper, recording them as you go, there are more helpful alternatives that you can try. Wouldn't it be better if you could just press a button and record yourself working? Read More
