Unemployed in this flooded job pool? How are you staying busy—besides panic-Googling 'fun careers that pay'? I'm volunteering at a local organization that feeds people unable to shop or prepare meals for

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Ditching agencies and got direct clients. So far got a semi-national coffee chain, a bourbon brand launching later this year, a mobile gaming company, and a university. Better client list than my last agency 😂

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Working with smaller or local clients

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