Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Smell that? It’s Panama Jack dissipating off the skin of America’s workforce.
Summers are always a tough time to get hired. And recession summers make it all but impossible. But recession or not, the days right after Labor Day bring with them that new-three-ring-binder smell of optimism. Creative directors are back from their lake houses. HR [...]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
When an account service person is suddenly thrust into the world of the funemployed, there are even good uses for free time while considering the next job option.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Have any stories you want to tell? Got questions about the beta site? Lemonade? Swing by at 2:00 PM EST. We won’t bite.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
With less than the three years of experience and barely two years of financial comfort under my belt, I was laid off in May. Like a lot of folks here on PFTA, the time off allowed me to have some fun this summer. But unlike a few of the contributers, I want back in.
I still [...]
Over the last few months I’ve come to realize that to graduate from college these days is to awaken like Brendan Fraser in Encino Man – confused, scared and armed with tools that are obsolete.
So what’s the problem, and what are the some of the caveman tools we’re wielding?
Ugh – No Want Work For Someone [...]
In Ad-Job Drought, It’s Time to Think Outside the Industry
by Erik Proulx
This article originally appeared in the TalentWorks section of Advertising Age.
During sustained droughts, the yellow-bellied slider turtle instinctively relocates toward the direction of the nearest body of water. He doesn’t wait in cracked mud for a deluge that will never arrive. He doesn’t look [...]
Filed in Gentle Nudging, Ideas, Jobs, Shameless We-Promo, Survival
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Also tagged AdAge, advertising, Advertising Age, Boston, Freelance, Jobs, Karma, Layoff, salary, Survival, talent, unemployment
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October 15, 2008. The day in my personal history that life became a blank page.
Today alone, I am writing a blog, editing a movie, meeting some animals for lunch and preparing for my first experience on the other side of a classroom desk.
I am challenging myself creatively. I am accomplishing a set of goals that [...]
Filed in Karma, Kum Ba Yah, Pontifurbation
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Also tagged advertising, employment, Jobs, Layoff, Lemonade, Networking, Survival, talent, unemployment
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The first time I went through the unemployment process was after 9/11. I was let go in the 13th round of layoffs at my agency (read Joshua Ferris’s book: “Then We Came To The End” and you’ll know exactly what it was like). But I consider myself one of the lucky ones. Before my team [...]
Every agency has their Untouchables. Those few, proud right hand men and women who are the last to go. They are the rain makers and award winners. They bring a little bit extra and contribute more than they’re paid.
One thing’s for sure. They aren’t dispassionate or un-opinionated. The people who’s jobs are most safe aren’t [...]
I’ve gone through the interview process several times now since losing my job five months ago. Many gave every indication that I would be the next person on their payroll. Then for one reason or another, the process came to a halt.
Now, I know that sometimes a person just isn’t right for a certain [...]
Filed in Guest Post, Interviewing
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Also tagged advertising, employment, Hiring, Interviewing, Jobs, Layoff, Networking, Survival, talent, unemployment
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