Gaming the Game Has Become the Game

Remember taking Office Politics 101? Nope, no one offers it. Yet, they can steer your assignments , raises & satisfaction. Even your sanity. How do you deal w/ it?

Can you really learn a language properly with Duolingo? To the point in being able to use it professionally? I feel like it's no rival to Rosetta Stone in that regard.

Is Wall Street prep worth it to help break into IB?

It’s official that after 7 years I am now single in my late 30s…. Moments of excitement and moments sadness come and go. 🥂

30M based in nyc. Any F ready for casual dating? Happy to DM if interested.

Hi Fishes !!!

I'm looking for a job referral for an entry level project management and market research job profile. I have 10 months of experience and available for immediate joining.

Hi everyone

Being a self motivating person still feeling dejected it little demotivating.

Trying from all resources including Naukri ,LinkedIn,instahyre and many more ways includeind sending mail to the recruiters.
But not getting any desired role or company . Makes me feel disheartened,feels like will have to wait a very long to get something desired.

Total ex : 6.3 yr
Skill: functional,manual,API testing .
Notice period:30 days

Your generous suggestion n comment will help .

Hi fishies,

I am a digital marketing professional with 4 years of experience. I was really frustrated in my current job due to extreme level of micro management and no growth career wise, so I have resigned on 3rd October. Tomorrow, after a meeting with ceo I will get to know how many days of NP I have to serve.
It would be really helpful if I could get referral from you guys.

I am ready to take remote jobs & even relocate to Bangalore or Pune.

Thank you!

What happens if you quit your job while in the process of getting a clearance?

Any tennis players out in East Valley 4.5 and above?

My in-laws are coming to visit for the holidays, does anyone have any leads on a nice (but not too pricey) hotel or Airbnb in the Downtown area?

Best questions to ask your future boss in a job interview? In general and specifically for someone leaving agency life to go in-house.

How confident were you that you landed a job after the second interview? My friends tell me the fact that I had a second interview is pretty much a guarantee that I will be selected. I am not so sure. So I thought I would check with the fish bowl.

Moving to NY in spring. 25F, single, work a lot. Not sure if I want to get a place with a roommate or live alone. Anyone have experience making this decision and have any suggestions?

I was hopeful and excited to have a better working experience while working with EY. But seems like tagline is building better working world in real it is building worse working world. Anyone here experiencing same ?

Who is looking for ADs? New York, Chicago or LA

Anyone have experience with side streams of income that they’ve used to supplement their core salary?

Interested to know potential earnings/managing time etc.

Hi Fishes, Need advise.. what will be fair deal to demand the package from 2nd company when holding offer from 1st company for 16 LPA Fixed.
Negotiation with 2nd company scheduled this week.
Pls note:
Industry: Banking & Finance
CCTC: 10.5 LPA Fixed
YOE: 8yrs (2 Years in Banking & 6 Years in Market Research)
Tech Stack: Data Analysis/SQl/Tableau/Spark/Alteryx

Hi all,
Will an offer made in paper by one organization get revoked if a counter offer from other organisation is submitted to negotiate a better salary?
Also need an advice on should i submit the counter offer even if i prefer the first organisation only to improve the salary which is less as offered now?
Please share your thoughts. Thanks!

Starting my own freelance consulting gig, specializing in content strategy and CX. In a nutshell, I want to make content management easier and architect customer experiences. What can I do to help?

Potential employer wants to me to write a POV for a brand, is there a specific framework you’d use or specific length?

Is associate and junior the same? If not, what's the difference?

anyone know which agencies are hiring strategists? job market is supposed to be hot, but not seeing too many job listings on the usual spots (LI, Indeed, etc)

Developing an outbound marketing strategy for product marketing teams. Best ESPs specifically for outbound emails? Currently used HubSpot for inbound.

Does anyone have a good lead on where to find research backed customer journeys? Either generic for an industry (like restaurant) or for major players in an industry (like chili's). I am fairly new to planning, and this keeps coming up as something and that would be helpful.
Thank you!

Have you ever heard of the 3rd party recruiter Stuart Parkin placing a strategist in a role he reps? (Wondering what other people's experience is.)

What have you found most helpful in training up a very green junior brand planner or junior strategist? Any particular trainings or resources that are great at teaching foundational skills? I’ll be pulling them into projects and teaching through doing but I need some assistance in building up their core skills/training the strategy muscle.

Does anyone know of any programs for aspiring Strategists in NYC? I know Miami Ad School does a 3 month crash course starting in April and but I'm not seeing much else.

Top agencies to complete an internship in Detroit area?

What do you expect from a junior strategist versus a strategist? How long do you expect a college graduate to be a junior strategist?

if you had no limitations & could work in any agency in the world, which one would it be?

For a start up，How to do branding？

Has anyone ever worked with Mark Pollard or Julian Cole? Are they as great as they seem?

At what point do you feel it is necessary to trademark a product or new tagline?

Best fine print in RFP history: The number of bidders is less than 2.

What’s is like going from social strategy to brand strategy? Advice for making that career jump?

Any recommendations for companies to create personas? Are there new technologies to get interesting findings about concerns, aspirations, goals?

If some of the key creative leaders in your agency are actively advocating against recommending our clients take action for George Floyd or Black Lives Matter, what would you recommend doing?