Worrying 101
Scott Belsky from The99Percent.com shares some tips from leadership guru, Stephen Covey on how to not let your concerns get the better of you. Whenever I get frustrated with something, my stepfather always tells me to “just worry about the closest alligator to the boat.” Truer advice has never been spoken. Covey’s theory, [...]
Continue ReadingRésumé Redesign
It occurred to me just a short time ago that as a graphic designer, my résumé should reflect my creativity and not be something that would camouflage itself in a pile of traditional (all text) résumés. I started out with a 5-column legal-sized page, and wanted to incorporate graphical elements into something that would still communicate [...]
Continue ReadingCreatively Getting Noticed
Ever since the summer of my freshman year of college when I was searching for my first co-op job in Boston, I wanted to work for the Mass Bay Brewing Company (which manufactures Harpoon). Each co-op semester, I would search their site and look to see if any openings were available for interns. Of those times that an availability was there, [...]
Continue ReadingBlog your way to a job?
Since late 2007, I’ve been actively maintaining this blog. Though I don’t write every day, nor have a set schedule, I’d like to think that people are out there reading what I write. If something I’ve posted makes you laugh, sparks your interest, or gives you something to think about, I’ve done my job. So if I [...]
Continue ReadingThree Ways You Can Be Memorable
Gabrielle Hennessey at Brand-Yourself.com explains that there are three primary qualities that make up your personal brand: competencies (skills), personality (your goals, morals, and identity), and your value (what you can contribute to an organization). With that said, I decided to write a short post here as a worksheet of what my three [...]
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