Rad Tamara, thanks!
My only industry tip-off at the moment is if you're a coder and/or
designer Microsoft is pushing a new tech called Silverlight. Pretty
much it's meant to be a Flash killer, and they're hiring pretty much
anyone who learns the tech. Of course it also means working for the
evil empire, but, hey, who in these parts hasn't?
Succumb to the dark side:
http://silverlight.net/
That and signing up for all the creative staffing agencies. Filter,
Creative Circle, Big Fish. All of them have offices both in the
Sound, the Bay (peace brothers!), oh, and that place NYC.
Saludas!
- El Güero
On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Tamara wrote:
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
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