On Wed Jan 28 11:39 , John Wells <[email protected]> sent: >Where are you coming across these? > >John > >
Craigslist, LinkedIn, Jobster, random networking events, city/state job sites, Twitter, even a few via my old temp agency and sometimes the actual newspaper but often word of mouth from other friends doing the same thing (two temps at the office whose projects are up, friends at the P-I who are actively looking, friends whose companies folded in the fall, etc.) It's weird where things come from, we're passing info back and forth. I need to create some sort of database I think. I also watch the hr pages of companies I'm interested in. I even saw something on Monster today, though I think that most of those are trolls from temp agencies and not real jobs: http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx? JobID=78913579&aid=17711392&WT.mc_n=JSAHG10 Maybe I should go ahead and pass links along anyway? Some of my friends that are looking, so if you see something say something: 1 bilingual Motion Graphics designer, 1 young MBA specializing in communications and marketing with journalism and music background, two looking for nonprofit/public administration/social services/program coordinators/project mamagement, 1 single mom who managed charity campaigns at schools and cities for 10 years but can also model and sell advertising, 1 lady nonprofit direct services and/or management, and a really really killer assistant/pa/admin superwoman that I really didn't want to lose at the end of this last campaign. Very little tech, design, programming, web etc in that group. I myself am still trying to work through a career change, at the worst time in history. Went from performance to sales/marketing/retail and ended up in entry-level fundraising at the #1 United Way in the country. I seem to have stalled... I'm fine here for a while I guess but this is not at all what I want to be doing. (The work, I mean. The company is rad.) If I'm staying in nonprofit (suicidal?) I want something a little more hands-on and dynamic. Maybe at a smaller more nimble organization where I can help develop a internet fundraising/social media marketing plan and/or get my hands dirty on the service side. I'd much rather give away money than fundraise, and much rather work on messaging/education/brand strategy than operations - though in a small nonprofit all the operations stuff I can do now will help because everyone has to do 3 jobs. I also want to use what I've learned, starting over would be wasteful. I really want to learn some design skills to go with my photo, music, and non-corporate branding/promotions experience from my previous life, so I'm trying to get back to school too. I'd be cool to work at a college so I could get it paid for, I may be smart but I'm really not qualified officially for the kind of stuff that interests me. That I think will pay, anyway. I'm plenty qualified for all sorts of stuff that doesn't come with insurance. I'm sure you guys understand, so enough of me for now. I think our best bet is helping each other out, honestly. The best jobs are gone before they're listed, and you really have to know someone to get something anymore. So when I see/hear of something I want to pass it on - because if I can find people for jobs then I think that I'll hear about openings more often, because it's worth investing in my immediate creative community, because I've been in awful places like this before and been helped, and because I believe it all comes back around in the end. (Also, if I have my ear to the ground that one time a year when my company has a cool opening, then I can find someone and fill it and get cash. But that's only if I'm still here, and it's certainly not now.) AND because I finally feel good enough to do something about the mess I see around me, damnit. t On Wed Jan 28 11:39 , John Wells <[email protected]> sent: >Where are you coming across these? > >John > > > > >On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Tamara wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> who is looking for work? I'm deep in the search and I keep coming >> across >> things that look cool/creative that I don't have the skills for - esp. >> design, a/v, broadcast and programming stuff. (What DO I have the >> skills >> for, I wonder?) >> >> I of course think of you guys but don't want to spam the group every >> time. >> So let me know if you want me to send stuff as I see it or let me >> know what >> you're looking for/can do. >> >> Sorry about that subject line, but it worked didn't it? >> >> t >> >> -*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** >> Harvard & Roy Arts Council >> list options: >> http://grauwald.com/mailman/listinfo/hrac_grauwald.com >> -*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** >> -*-*--**---***-----***** >> -*-*--**---*** >> -*-*--** >> -*-* >> -* > > >-*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** >Harvard & Roy Arts Council >list options: >http://grauwald.com/mailman/listinfo/hrac_grauwald.com >-*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** >-*-*--**---***-----***** >-*-*--**---*** >-*-*--** >-*-* >-* -*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** Harvard & Roy Arts Council list options: http://grauwald.com/mailman/listinfo/hrac_grauwald.com -*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** -*-*--**---***-----***** -*-*--**---*** -*-*--** -*-* -*
