Adfreak, PSFK, and BBH Labs have all gone gaga over Hank Leber and his startup, Agency Nil. And why shouldn’t they? Here’s a guy like the rest of us. Talented. Unemployed. Frustrated by the lack of hiring agencies. And he says, you know what? There’s work out there. I know there are clients who need [...]
Filed in Gentle Nudging, Ideas, Pontifurbation, Survival
|
Also tagged advertising, Agency Nil, employment, Freelance, Hank Leber, Jobs, Lay off, Layoff, Networking, Survival, talent, unemployment
|
People tell me this weekend is Memorial Day.
These people are still employed and use calendars to organize work meetings. I, on the other hand, don’t have much use for a calendar since every day is Unemployed in My Pajamas Day. So it’s no surprise that important dates and major holidays go unnoticed.
But back to Memorial [...]
Filed in Guest Post, Karma, Survival
|
Also tagged advertising, employment, Guest Post, Jackie Meyer, Jobs, Lay off, Layoff, Networking, Survival, talent, unemployment
|
We’ve all got little nuggets of jobless goodness to share.
We’ve all learned ways to cope with unemployment.
We’ve all got “a shoulder to cry on and a foot to kick you in the ass” as commenter Rayo brilliantly put.
Guest posts are strongly encouraged and always welcome.
I just added a page in the side bar for anyone [...]
Filed in Gentle Nudging, Guest Post, Karma, Kvetches
|
Also tagged advertising, employment, Guest Post, Jobs, Layoff, Networking, Survival, talent, unemployment
|
This past Friday and Saturday, I attended LaidOffCamp in New York City. In a nutshell, LOC is a bunch of self-organized laid off people who lead workshops for other laid off people. The format – called an unconference – is modeled after widely-attended events like BarCamp where participants are also the leaders. You can learn [...]
Filed in Ideas, Networking
|
Also tagged advertising, employment, Freelance, LaidOffCamp, Lay off, Layoff, Networking, Survival, talent, unemployment
|
Here are a couple of logo iterations that reference zoo signage. I’m torn between the classic nature of the first and the designed look of the second. So, I’ll leave it up to you. Which should be PFTA’s new logo, and why?
<a href =”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1553829/” >Classic Zoo or Designed Zoo? Animals’ choice.</a> <br/> <span [...]
Filed in Ideas, Kum Ba Yah, News, Shameless We-Promo
|
Also tagged advertising, Animals, Hiring, Lay off, Layoff, Logo, Networking, talent, unemployment
|
Networking And Celebrating For The Recently Unemployed Advertising Professional
Filed in Ideas, Kum Ba Yah, Networking, Shameless We-Promo, Survival
|
Also tagged advertising, Animal Social, employment, Karma, Lay off, Layoff, Networking, Survival, talent, unemployment
|
Are people finding work? Has the “improved” economy made you more optimistic? I want to hear what you’ve been up to, and I want to share what PFTA has been up to. Let’s hug it out next Tuesday at 2:00 PM EST, right here on pleasefeedtheanimals.com.
In Ernst & Young’s Outline For A Business Plan it says “A business plan can take many forms, [but] in any form, [it] is simply a written representation of where a company is going, how it will get there, and what it will look like once it arrives.” (It then goes on to MBA-ify [...]
