What’s the coolest way you’ve ever heard of someone getting hired?

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Took a dump and put it in a gift box. Had it shipped overnight to the CEO of Publicis with a flag on it that said “this shit’s for you”. They had it examined for DNA match and they found me by using 23&me since my cousin had uploaded her DNA to their website many years back. It’s sort of like a true crime story. But in the end? I didn’t get hired at Publicis but I did find out my second cousin twice removed was a serial killer.

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Not a sentence that’s ever occurred to me.

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There was this Grey office with a ping pong table. Creatives would play and brainstorm. One player was always coming up with the best ideas. But a CD got annoyed cos it seems like this guy was never on any brief and always at the ping pong table. CD complains to traffic. Turns out the guy wasn’t employed - he was just invited up from the bar downstairs to play ping pong once and he kept coming back. They offered him a junior copy internship. He didn’t take it. He was in it for the pong.

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I can think of several uncoolest ways.

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There was this guy who wanted to write for Sprite. So he worked hard when at ad school and impressed the W+K creative directors and got a job with them.

Versus the other guy who wanted to write for Sprite and made a weird ass rap video.

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Well the latter worked too.

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I sent a mannequin foot to the hiring manager in the mail with a note saying, “just trying to get a foot in the door”. I was either getting the job…or getting arrested.

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How long does CTS take to roll out offer after CDF 2 and HR Discussion?

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New as a media planner, how do you deal with all the shiz that hits the fan (it’s only been 2 months and it’s already crzy)? How do most ppl in the industry deal with all this stress?

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Are you doing cold reach outs? Working only known connections? Or employing an automated marketing system? How you getting bid opportunities? We work connections and a lot of cold reach outs. Trying to get automated marketing of some type up and running.

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"Don't worry, you'll be rewarded down the line..."

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advice for BEC?

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Hi All,

During filling employement details of Cognizant ( Current company ) I have mentioned Post/Designation as "Senior Associate - Projects" as the same has been mentioned in my Last promotion letter. However as per my BU role has been mentioned as "Sr. Product Specialist -Tech".

In Cognizant both are same ( SA candidate gets Sr.Product specialist role name as per Business unit ).

Not sure if this will create any issue of TCS Onboarding/BGC.

Appreciate your idea/ any suggestions on this.

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Bhai log have you gotten a tailored suit in states ? What’s a reasonable price? I usually just buy from banana republic , express or ck.. and they almost always end up less than 400$ (sale) cont..

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Applied to a paid media specialist position, well qualified. Was invited for a second round interview but before I could attend they reached out to me telling me they had closed the position because their candidate pool collapsed (they all accepted jobs and bowed out). Now they’re telling me I’ll have to re-apply when they re-open the position in the “near future.” Is this pretty much a lost cause? If I was the only candidate left and they didn’t pick me, what would be the point of re-applying?

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I got my green card last year - could I spend some time abroad (2-3 months) without the risk of it being seen as abandonment? In those 2-3 months could I work abroad?

Has anyone done this for a similar timeframe or longer on a green card and still been ok coming back and applying for citizenship when the time comes?

What’s the new FAANG? I’m confused 😆 😆 😆

MAANG? Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google
MATANA? Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet
MAANA? Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet
MAMAA? Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet
MANAMANA? Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Meta, Adobe, Nvidia, Alphabet
MANGA? 😆😆😆

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Don't join EPAM Systems revoked my offer just 4 day before joining EPAM Systems #BoycottEPAM
EPAM Anywhere Tata Consultancy Infosys Wipro Nagarro

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I’m putting together a writing sample for some job applications. The sample I want to use is about 30 pages. Since the writing sample is so long, should I do an excerpt of it? Or is that an acceptable length?

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I'm curious to hear what that 1 McKinsey fellow in here has to input about government clients

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Will base jump from 120 - 145 make a significant difference in my saving? Offer has significantly less PTO and a lower 401k match. 32F with 400k saved, interested in buying a home soon in HCOL.

Do you need a nursing degree to do clinical ops work?

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Modern Day Goldrush. Solar sales consultants make bank. if you cold call and generate your own lead and close it the avg commish pays out around $1ooo but if you can hustle and generate that same lead via canvassing door to door the avg payout jumpst all the way up to $7k per deal with the ability to close 5-15 deals per week. I work for Vivint smarthomes energy division setting proposal appointment for closers and get paid $175 per appt set that closes. very lucrative and great future growth

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Can anyone tell me the review of Discovery Inc company?
Worklife Balance
Learning
Work culture
Flexibility in timings

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Starting a new job and figuring out WFH desk set up. They gave me a laptop and $500 stipend for office furniture. I have a desk, chair, and iMac for myself. Trying to decide if I should get a second monitor on an arm for work, or if I should buy a new laptop for myself and a monitor I can plug each computer into at the start/end of work. I def want a big screen for personal use but it's tough to fit it all on one desk. What did you all do?

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Any cool online courses for writers?! Wanna have a productive summer :)

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A random question for anyone that went through Miami Ad School. So we list those “agency labs” as internships on our resumes and experience but don’t put them under background check since they were never paid. I’ve never had a problem with them but wondering if anyone else has?

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2020 official song. Like you you like.

BORED IN A HOUSE, I’M IN A HOUSE BORED.

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If you could choose between Creative Director and Head Of Brand Design as your title (without impact on job description), which one would you pick and why?

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Wanted to post my image search.

Cause that’s exactly how it looks when you share your Dall-e and Midjourney A.I. generated visuals on Linkedin and take praise for them.

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Summer reading 2022. What’s on your list or what are you currently reading?

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Has anyone left the industry for a year or so and come back? Was it easy to find a job again?

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Anyone here working at or familiar with MRM McCann in Detroit? Was reached out to by them and would like to learn more from someone other than the recruiter.

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Should you always make the same as your partner? What do you guys think?

What’s the oldest creative you work with? My manager told me people almost never retire from advertising and now I’m shook.

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When did you start to officially feel like an old at work? For me, it was whenever TikTok happened.

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What are all the award shows / competitions a young creative should be entering in?

EOD meeting. One hour later, boss calls you even after it's after work hours. Do you answer or not? I get so anxious when I get calls this late 😣

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Just switched to a new job. How do you not tie your daily mood to whether or not your boss like your ideas? Or is that not possible when you wanna do good work? This is not very healthy. 🙄

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Do you guys charge for every hour you work above 40/week? Or do you give some leeway? Do you typically need expressed permission to work OT?

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What’s the best way of selling work to your boss if he’s just not current on new stuff? I keep getting handed references from some directors from 10 years ago and I want to say “hey, what about something from this year, not last century”

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Any art directors/designers/illustrators want to collaborate? I have a spec campaign in my book that gets a lot of kudos for the concept. The only criticism i get is that the illustration style is not

Has anyone used LinkedIn ProFinder for side work (doing the work, not requesting it)? Wondering what the process is like and what kind of rates you propose.

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Does anyone know if there’s a quick way to export all color values in InDesign? So I don’t have to always open a color and copy/paste the individual values for Brand Guidelines every time.

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