“I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.”
- Thomas Alva Edison
If you haven't already, please take about 5 minutes to complete the OCA "what works and what doesn't" or "What I tried that worked for me" survey. (Tabulated results to be shared here)
If you've already been HIRED: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2QWJT9X
If you're still looking: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2TYTTQD
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Notes from 11/13 OCA Meeting
While Kelly was in Maryland visiting with family and friends and enjoying a little Northeast rain, four of us gathered at SVC this last Friday for the weekly OCA meeting. But being few in number didn't keep the discussion from being lively.
Welcome to one new OCA Member
It was a first visit for Terry Doyle, a writer and ACD from the east coast. Terry's background (if I remember right) is Grey in Atlanta; plus FCB, DraftFCB, and Publicis elsewhere.
It was the second visit for Jim Zimmerman (Business Development and Marketing Management), and the 3rd for Wes Youngquist (AD, CD).
We talked about the "Seattle Premium" – that portion of compensation that seems to come in the form of the opportunity to live here – yes it's real. We talked about contract work as a means of surviving the recession. We talked about start ups, forming your own Co., and venture capital. Most important, we just talked.
Job News!
Kelly reported to me that there's some good news for one of our members: Vanessa Gallant will be starting at T-Mobile on Nov 30th as a Sr. Communications Manager.
WordPress WorkShop
There's plans for another edition of the very popular WordPress WorkShop. (We're waiting to hear back from Richard Geasey on dates. Shooting for early next week, if Thanksgiving plans don't interfere too much.)
See everyone next week,
Duane
Welcome to one new OCA Member
It was a first visit for Terry Doyle, a writer and ACD from the east coast. Terry's background (if I remember right) is Grey in Atlanta; plus FCB, DraftFCB, and Publicis elsewhere.
It was the second visit for Jim Zimmerman (Business Development and Marketing Management), and the 3rd for Wes Youngquist (AD, CD).
We talked about the "Seattle Premium" – that portion of compensation that seems to come in the form of the opportunity to live here – yes it's real. We talked about contract work as a means of surviving the recession. We talked about start ups, forming your own Co., and venture capital. Most important, we just talked.
Job News!
Kelly reported to me that there's some good news for one of our members: Vanessa Gallant will be starting at T-Mobile on Nov 30th as a Sr. Communications Manager.
WordPress WorkShop
There's plans for another edition of the very popular WordPress WorkShop. (We're waiting to hear back from Richard Geasey on dates. Shooting for early next week, if Thanksgiving plans don't interfere too much.)
See everyone next week,
Duane
Monday, March 30, 2009
One Connection Away - take 1
Welcome.
This started as a group of job seekers getting together over coffee to share search strategies, leads, and general support for one another... and it has grown into much more. The group has quintupled in size in just 3 months (since January, '09) - saying something about the current state of the economy, but also about the power of networking.
With an active roster of over 20 marketing and advertising professionals in the Seattle area, we represent just about all disciplines of the creative realm. Branding, PR, product marketing, and interactive on the corporate side to account management, copywriting, art direction, graphic design, project management, and production on the agency side.
The group consists of strategic leaders with a wealth of experience within a wide variety of industries. We've worked for and with start-ups, Fortune 500 corporations, dot-coms, and marketing organizations on a local, national and global scale.
The idea behind this blog is to publish information we can use as job seekers and notes from our weekly meetings. But I also envision it as a way to publicize our credentials to anyone looking to hire talented professionals.
This started as a group of job seekers getting together over coffee to share search strategies, leads, and general support for one another... and it has grown into much more. The group has quintupled in size in just 3 months (since January, '09) - saying something about the current state of the economy, but also about the power of networking.
With an active roster of over 20 marketing and advertising professionals in the Seattle area, we represent just about all disciplines of the creative realm. Branding, PR, product marketing, and interactive on the corporate side to account management, copywriting, art direction, graphic design, project management, and production on the agency side.
The group consists of strategic leaders with a wealth of experience within a wide variety of industries. We've worked for and with start-ups, Fortune 500 corporations, dot-coms, and marketing organizations on a local, national and global scale.
The idea behind this blog is to publish information we can use as job seekers and notes from our weekly meetings. But I also envision it as a way to publicize our credentials to anyone looking to hire talented professionals.
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