Most people think an understated approach to your job search is both respected and desired. We are not trained on how to self-promote and celebrate our accomplishments particularly when it comes to writing a resume or a bio. Often times we address ourselves in the third person or don’t address [...]

You may not be one of the millions who are knocking on doors, scouring the job boards and filling out their bi-weekly UED forms, but you may just be as lost and confused as your unemployed counterparts. You may have a job to go to every morning, a paycheck you collect [...]

Like zombies looking for their next meal, your career can start to resemble the survival of the last few humans looking to escape the clutches of a hungry mob. Someone once said, “Just because your dead is no reason to let yourself go,” which begs the question, Does your career deserve [...]

We all get caught up in questioning the reasons why we choose to work. Some of us think it’s the only way to build a career and follow your life’s dream. Others see it as a means to pay the bills, one paycheck at a time. And others still, have the attitude, [...]

Maybe you are afraid to commit? Maybe you like the feeling that you can test the merchandise before you buy?  Or maybe, you are like one of my friends whose theory about finding the right one goes, “It’s just like waiting for a bus, another one will always come along.” Your career [...]

Like anything you own, occupy or truly possess, you career needs to be treasured like a sacred piece of land. You just don’t stumble into your career these days, you need to claim it, seize it and by all means retain it if you want to get ahead. Staking your [...]

Now that harvest time is about to turn into Halloween, you don’t need to put on your “fright night” outfit in order to scare away the job-seeking blues. Instead, think about what you have accomplished these ten months, and how you have tended to yourself, your needs and above all [...]

Most of us when asked, “What do you do?” feel compelled to respond to this seemingly innocuous question in creative and profound terms. “Oh, I’m a writer” or “I am a division President,” “I am an artist, animator, director, entrepreneur” as opposed to “I work from home.” It’s not about [...]

So maybe you’ve been focusing on your Plan A now for quite sometime without any real momentum. Or maybe you’ve been striking out but somehow you keep thinking it’s going to come together for you any day now. Still, you stick with it, follow through and do everything you were [...]

Pursuing your creative career whether it be in animation, film, television, art & design, doesn’t mean you have to give up your creative-self when looking for a job. So much pressure is put on how you present your portfolio, your reel, your website that little emphasis is given to you, [...]