by Peter Lloyd for Creative Experts, IT Experts, Job Hunting
I’ve been reading about “design thinking” for a while now. The earliest citations I’ve found go back to about 2006. But like quality, intellectual capital, ideation, teamwork, empowerment, thinking outside the box, benchmarking, multitasking, solutioning—see Overused Words & Phrases—this new wave brings a lot of water from older waves back to the beach.
Of course, those of us looking for jobs in creative, marketing, and information technology fields need to be conversant in the latest lingo. Especially if it’s overused! We don’t want to be caught with our jaws slack if asked in an interview, “How do you feel about design thinking?” Read the rest of this entry »
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
An old German woman summed it up for me many years ago. She said, “One man has the money, the other has the bag.” It took me a while to understand the subtle truth of this adage.
In most negotiations each party has something the other wants. In most cases, it’s a matter of money on one side and value on the other. In the case of landing a job, the potential employer has the ability to pay the other a lot of money over time. These days the party with the money has most of the leverage, because the value in your bag is diluted by the great number of people available to bring the same.
I ran across Five Rules for Pitching the Very Rich and sent it to a friend who is raising money for an online enterprise. It struck me as I scanned the article that these rules might apply to my job search. In particular, the job interview. Read the rest of this entry »
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by Peter Lloyd for Creative Experts, IT Experts, Job Hunting
Lately when I go to see some clients, I’m not always sure how to dress. One of my colleagues insists that I not wear jeans when we visit P&G. He dresses up. So I go business casual to make him feel better.
But another creative colleague dresses in Converse sneakers, T-shirt, and shorts when it’s warm. He rides a motorbike and carries his helmet and beat-up backpack in with him. He’s an illustrator. Have you noticed that musicians, who have to play music in time, are never on time? I think the have the same gene that makes illustrators, who create beautiful images, seem to care very little about their own.
Note this: The illustrator in sneakers does a whole heck of a lot more business than either I or my well dressed collaborator. Read the rest of this entry »
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
I’ve been there. You’ve been there. Your job search has finally scored you a job interview. You’re in a cubicle with your interviewer. You’ve completed the formalities, you’re feeling confident, and then he asks you with a straight face, “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
You want to snap back, “Are you kidding me? I can’t see myself this weekend, much less five years.”
“Well,” he snickers, “I guess we won’t be seeing you around here anymore.”
You’re better off. Get out of there. Read the rest of this entry »
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by Peter Lloyd for Job Hunting
With sincerest apologies to Cole Porter, I did my best to express in song my frustration with bosses who like to play binocular soccer.
Where Porter praises wide open spaces and freedom from fences, I plead with employers to, “Just turn me loose, let me do what I was hired to.” The song and lyrics are available here Don’t Fence Me In.
All job seekers want great pay, ideal working conditions, and a worry-free benefits package. Creative people—including those who develop killer code as well as those who write and design—need something more. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: interviews, managers, micromangers
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