First year copywriter. Was furloughed during Covid. Had an interview today with an agency that works mostly with the health and medical fields. The interview went well, but I’ve heard that medical copywriting is a creative death sentence. Does it make sense to take this job just to be employed and then try to wiggle back onto the more creative side of things later? Or should I stick it out until something else comes along?

Let’s say staff got an offer from a competing B4 to jump ship moving up in comp and title. Can they eventually boomerang back to your teams? If so, how would you feel about this?

Has anyone ever posted a general marketing position? We have an open position on our marketing team but we are unsure what type of position to offer. We have a wide variety of needs but don’t necessarily need to have this future person have all these skills. For example we need someone with great copywriting skills and also need someone who is great at digital marketing. This person doesn’t necessarily need to have both skills but if they did great, but if only one, great too.

After a few years in ops consulting I think I’ve realised I want to try my hand at being a dev or working in software delivery. Any way I can swing this staying with Deloitte or will I need to fork out for a boot camp and start from the bottom? Any helpers appreciated!

Has anyone recently attended a TCS Data science interview?

Current student looking for advice. I interned at RBC Wealth Management last summer and currently have 2 offers for summer 2023 that require a decision next week: 1 for BASF (chemical manufacturing) and 1 for Peraton (defense technology); I am also waiting to hear back from SMBC (S&T), Point72, Lord Abbett, Boeing, and Shell. I hope to break into banking next summer, and I’m interested in the Natural Resources, Industrials, and Real Estate industry groups. Any advice on what to do? Thanks!

Is there any opportunity to grow my career with Cyntexa?

Any recommendations on questions to ask to Startup CEOs during the interview process?

Army fam. In my ROW, 74D in a non-chem unit so dead end for me. What’s a good MOS to reclass to that’s in demand, can rank up quickly and would be easy to go on orders, ADOS, etc. when am sick of client work, get MLOA and go “chill” for a while. Open to Commissioning as well.

For a UX designer with YOE as 2.8 years. What are really good companies to work in? Good for career growth and also work life balance?

Need guidance from folks of product company who learnt DSA , system design to Crack the interview

I need to switch to product companies need some guidance on how you guys prepared

I’m interviewing for a start up and the role sounds interesting. Usually for the “test” part of the interview I’ve had to analyze data. This company wants me to develop a growth strategy that outlines key initiatives for growth, different opportunities, experiments I’d run, KPIs, and working cross-functionally.

Is this a lot for an interview?

I’m a little afraid of doing all this work to then just have them take my ideas and not hire me.

To the struggling healthcare student. It’s okay to struggle and not know stuff. Sincerely your friendly neighborhood physical therapist.

Hello Guys, I got offer from Mphasis as data engineer and client is HP. Should I join? How is growth and employee benefits at Mphasis. Please help.

Is getting into crypto law a bad idea or is it a burgeoning field??

Hey hey guys.
I am looking for a good example of a cv of a mbb consultant who moved to a FAANG. Any guidance here

Interviewing for a digital transformation manager role at GT, any tips? Thank u fellow fishes 🤞😊

Can anyone at ZS speak to what the difference between a Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant and a Decision Analytics Consultant would be? Is the latter more of a statistician/data scientist type role? I'm interested in moving away from data science and focusing more on strategy.

Job grades in Nokia??

Who does the CD / ECD at your in house team report to?

Interested in in-house agencies. Seeking to connect w people who have experience to get their perspective. Anyone willing to connect or know of someone who might? Pls DM if don't want broadcast. Tks!

Hey anyone work in house for a brand? If yes how do you work with the brand team? Is creative a part of the brand team or works along side it? I’d love to hear!

What % do you guys charge a partner to advertise on social using your handle/ad account? Is a 100% markup fee plus an "agency" like fee for maintenance of 15% too aggressive?

Some companies just aren’t built to have in-house creative teams. I know because I landed at one.

How do you deal with imposter syndrome? I'm a new therapist and I work with a bunch of women who have been doing this for ages. They're all really sweet, but I can't help feeling like I'm way out of my league. I mostly see younger clients which I guess works in my favor, but I just feel like I'm totally incompetent compared to the women I work with.

Anyone here would want to do a tattoo but can’t due to Islam restrictions and parents pressure? Just ranting😅

I am unable to log into the ionboard portal. Anyone facing the same issue. Please let me know.

Infosys gave 3rd hike in 6 months that too 15-30 %

I have not been on a project for over 3 months. Since I joined, I have been put in training. The training got extended by a month and now it's close to 4 months since I joined and without a project.

What should I do? People say that I'm lucky to get paid without doing any work, but it is stressing me out. I need the experience. The uncertainty is freaking me out, with rumours of layoffs and the certification program and all.

How do I get into a project? How long do I have to wait more?

A lot of security pros I meet are not in a good place emotionally because it seems hopeless. However, some are just fine.

What are the coping strategies that work?

I will start - mine is to find the funny in everything from lack of patching to supply chain hacks.

I made 100k from selling auction cars like high graded vehicles but I want to seek more what business would you think would profit most

Big law firms you’re least impressed with- go!

I’m relocating in two weeks, which requires flying with my cat. I’ve never flown with a pet in-cabin before. (U.S. domestic flight) I already have a vet appointment booked for the vet certificate. Anything else I should make sure to do before my trip? Any tips from those who have flown with a pet before ?

Need recommendations for keyboarding program to use with 8th graders

This will be the first year we are one-to-one with Chromebooks. This will also be the first year that students will not be given a planner. have you used any type of electronic planner for students?

How do you say “buy this product” in a headline without saying “buy this product”?

Sincerely,
A Junior Copywriter with a shitty brief and an even shittier turnover time 😭😭🥹

When non-ad ppl ask you what do you do? In terms of title; do you tell them “copywriter”? Or immediately assume they dont know and might confuse it with copyright infringement, and just end up telling them that you’re a writer or a creative director, and skip the hassle

My AD is weak at comping/photoshop and admits it’s not their strong suit. I believe it’s hurting us. Wwyd?

How old were you when you started as a junior copywriter?

What about using 3 one-word sentences as a slogan? I feel like it’s super played out, but I get suggestions for it all the time. Can’t we do better than mashing together words from the crestive brief?

Freelancing as a junior with 1 year of experience. Have not got a single book worthy piece. Is going freelance dumb ? Risky? Both? Just trying to gauge whether I should wait for a full time offer.

Conceptually, is it typical for copywriters to bring far more ideas to the table than their AD partner?

Is it a red flag to interview with a potential new agency that I'd have to move to a different state for and they never give you a chance to ask any questions or fly you out to meet in person?

I’m overdue for a raise. On average, what percentage increase should I ask for?

Do creative directors have the power to ignore their copywriters and go with their own ideas?

Been thinking about going freelance. What are your best tips for making the jump and finding work? Should I just connect with a recruiter and gobble up contract gigs? Not sure how it all works.

RANT: People re-writing a cw’s stuff has always been painful. These days it’s far more common than when I started. It’d be one thing if they upgraded the work. If I learned from it. If I genuinely seethed with envy over their wit w/that perfectly placed semi-colon. People can’t re-art direct stuff bc they don’t know the programs so they ask the ADs for changes. Word and a keyboard made everyone think they can write. Which they can’t. Google Slides is Google slip ‘n slide into (bad ref. here.)

Any writers looking for opportunities in Oncology? Company I work for is searching for great Copy. I’ve been there 6 years and love working here. Message me for details.

Thoughts about going back and forth between agency and in-house? Is it a good/bad idea? Is it even possible?

Just had to go to thesaurus dot com to look up synonyms for “exciting”. I think I need a vacation….

Do you charge your clients for time spent on email communication?

Is it better to be at a small shop and crank out work for smaller clients in your first year or be at a big name shop and maybe make nothing? Deciding on an offer...

So, you’ve reached the stage of your career where you care more about cashing a fat paycheck than making “creative ads”. You’d rather have the resources and free time to fulfill your creative itch outside of work than try to sell the next big idea to an 28 year old marketing manager with an annual budget of 150k. How do you make the absolute most money as a copywriter while still working a 9-5? Asking for... a... friend?

If you are approached for copy position with a company called LadyBoss... RUN! I don’t know racket they’re running but they set up a video conf with a bunch of copywriters interviewing simultaneously.