I like, you like, he/she/it likes… When we click on the Facebook “Like” button we automatically recommend a link, posting or picture, to our friends. And if they enjoy the recommendation, they can “like” it too. That type of thing also works offline as well with your hairdresser, a bargain at a supermarket or the last recipe which you tried out. Word-of-mouth marketing works almost everywhere! And what about in the job-world?
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Welcome to the “Recommendation Society”
Why the Agency Clock Ticks Differently
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An agency-day without overtime is like a holiday without travel-time – you might want to avoid it, but the two are rarely separable. And while we’re on the subject: how necessary is that time which we sacrifice from our much prized free-time?
Let’s look at it this way: how are you going to avoid it? Anyone who has chosen the agency life usually knows what they’ve gotten themselves into. There are the horror stories about choleric bosses and “exploitation-agencies”, and it’s no secret that you probably aren’t going to get out of the office at 5pm any day of the week. But perhaps the overtime is a good investment. A bit like a life insurance policy: you pay in to it a bit at a time and after a certain period it usually was worth it. And then you get the nice life you have earned: success in the workplace, recognition from your peers etc. etc.
The Burnout Syndrome – When your Job makes you Sick
Right at the beginning of the year we’d like to start with a highly topical subject: Burnout. For many of us the new year has begun just like the old: a pile of work on the desk, the telephone ringing constantly, one meeting after the next… Add to that the fact that our private lives suffer as a result of a dominating job. That’s when one’s entire life can get out of control. Then it’s time to ask: how much more can I take? How long can this go on?
Munich Creative Business Week
What combines demography with design? Why does design contribute to solve climate change? Moreover, what does food design actually mean? The Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) replies to these questions with creative spots, conferences, exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and guided tours from 7th until 12th of February. The program are now fixed (www.mcbw.de). Experts and visitors from all over the world may experience design and all its aspects.
During MCBW, companies and organizations of different branches of trade demonstrate the multifaceted significance of design along supply chains as well as everyday life of people: From the renowned iF trend conference 2012 to the “Creative Dialog spanning Generations” on the subject of universal design, and an exhibition with workshop “Too good to waste”, to a typographically culinary local tour of Large Market Hall Munich and a visit at the atelier of light-designer Pfarré Lighting Design and Lichtlauf GmbH – MCBW offers a broad range of design related issues for experts as well as for consumers. Furthermore BMW provides unique insights into the world of its product designs and design process.
TOCA ME design conference 2012 – Inspired by Design!
On February 11th, 2012 TOCA ME design conference will take place in Munich‘s Reithalle for its fifth time with renown speakers from all over the world. The goal of the event under the claim »Inspired by Design« is a critical evaluation of design as well as the connection of the Munich design and creative scene with the international design centers.
Amongst the speakers of TOCA ME design conference are Golan Levin, artist, composer, performer and developer, and Evan Roth, co-founder of Graffiti Research Lab and FAT Lab (Free Art & Technology Lab). Furthermore, Anita Fontaine & Geoffrey Lillemon of Champagne Valentine, Vera-Maria Glahn & Marcus Wendt of the multidisciplinary design studio FIELD in London and Mate Steinforth of SEHSUCHT Berlin give insights into the processes and techniques of their creations.
Invitation to the Open Days 2011
Teachers and students from Berlin Weissensee School of Art invite you to take part at the open days which take place this year at Saturday and Sunday July, 16th and 17th from 12 to 8pm. Presented will be diploma and student works from the study term 2010/2011 of the departments sculpture, theatre design, painting, fashion design, industrial design, space strategies, textile and surface design, visual communication and artistic basics.
Address: Berlin Weissensee School of Art, Buehringstrasse 12, 13086 Berlin
Why creatives should always be curious
The relatively high job fluctuation is a well known idiosyncrasy of the creative industries, and we of course experience that first hand almost ever day in our recruitment work. While most people in other industries change jobs every 4-6 years, the average in the communication Industry is more like 2-3 years. The reasons for this are certainly various – a low tolerance amongst creative people for repetition and routine; the stress of the industry taking its toll; people just looking for a new challenge… I would take the last point even further: it’s not just a new challenge that we need regularly, but also our curiosity needs food to feed off and our desire to learn is almost unquenchable. In interviews and in selecting candidates for jobs, we at Designerdock don’t just try to find people who have the right experience for a certain position. We also consider whether the position will help our candidates develop their skill set and further their careers. In essence that means that there should be something to learn in the new job. It might be soft skills, software skills, new responsibilities, new media… Often, when faced with the choice of a new job with more money (but the same old routine) or a new job in new territory, many candidates choose the later, which we support whole-heartedly.
