Comments on: Chat Transcripts – 10/13/09 http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com A Blog For Aspiring Entrepreneurs and the Recently Unemployed Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:19:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: toddindependent http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com/chat-transcripts/chat-transcripts-101309/comment-page-1/#comment-10237 toddindependent Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:34:22 +0000 http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com/?page_id=2227#comment-10237 Any new business people on this transcript? Email me, please. Thanks. Any new business people on this transcript? Email me, please. Thanks.

]]> By: anne hubben http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com/chat-transcripts/chat-transcripts-101309/comment-page-1/#comment-10202 anne hubben Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:06:10 +0000 http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com/?page_id=2227#comment-10202 I just want to comment on the part about getting hired in another city. If you're not quite ready to move there without a job, another alternative is to plan a trip there for a few days. When I was an in-house recruiter, if someone wrote me & said they'd be in town for certain dates, and I liked their work (that part is critical), then I would make a point to meet with them. Yes, there's a lot of talent in NYC, but if you've got a strong portfolio, agencies will want to meet you. They just don't want it to be complicated. Make it easy for them by being in the city on your own for a meeting. Giving them specific dates will also hopefully get them to respond because there's a perceived deadline. So pick some dates, don't buy the ticket until you've got some interest, so you're not throwing your money away, maybe choose a time when there's an event going on for additional networking. Then contact a bunch of places and when you've got at least 2 meetings set up (or however many make you feel it's worth it), & book your ticket. Of course, this is all a juggling act because you don't want to go broke on plane fare. And if you can stay on friends' couches, all the better. I just want to comment on the part about getting hired in another city. If you’re not quite ready to move there without a job, another alternative is to plan a trip there for a few days. When I was an in-house recruiter, if someone wrote me & said they’d be in town for certain dates, and I liked their work (that part is critical), then I would make a point to meet with them.

Yes, there’s a lot of talent in NYC, but if you’ve got a strong portfolio, agencies will want to meet you. They just don’t want it to be complicated. Make it easy for them by being in the city on your own for a meeting. Giving them specific dates will also hopefully get them to respond because there’s a perceived deadline.

So pick some dates, don’t buy the ticket until you’ve got some interest, so you’re not throwing your money away, maybe choose a time when there’s an event going on for additional networking. Then contact a bunch of places and when you’ve got at least 2 meetings set up (or however many make you feel it’s worth it), & book your ticket. Of course, this is all a juggling act because you don’t want to go broke on plane fare. And if you can stay on friends’ couches, all the better.

]]> By: PFTA Live Chat - get hired or start your own. | Please Feed The Animals http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com/chat-transcripts/chat-transcripts-101309/comment-page-1/#comment-10200 PFTA Live Chat - get hired or start your own. | Please Feed The Animals Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:14:18 +0000 http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com/?page_id=2227#comment-10200 [...] – 6/9/09Chat Transcripts 9/1/09Chat Transcript – 9/8/09Chat Transcript – 9/24/09Chat Transcripts – 10/13/09Write A Guest PostContactAnimal MischiefRecession TeesPFTA In The NewsPDN Pulse – Letter From [...] [...] – 6/9/09Chat Transcripts 9/1/09Chat Transcript – 9/8/09Chat Transcript – 9/24/09Chat Transcripts – 10/13/09Write A Guest PostContactAnimal MischiefRecession TeesPFTA In The NewsPDN Pulse – Letter From [...]

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