International business degree, now working at an ad agency. f*ck it for a career though, sh*t aint for me.
It was always advertising/marketing or financials, I'm currently looking for a job in the latter.
Had a few close calls with 'dream jobs' - was offered a role at a marketing firm in Australia but for a variety of reasons I couldn't take it up & also came very close for working on the marketing team at Nike Football
A mate of mines had a bit of luck with Warner Bros in LA btw, fresh outta Uni an now has an interview for their marketing team with no experience - they have a lot of job pops on their site for the LA, NY, London & Chicago offices apparently for anyone interested
whats the cons about working at an ad agency
thinking about making that my next jump
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Don't get me wrong, its a great industry to live in and the experience/contacts available probably outweigh those found in other industries but its just not for me.
If you're client facing then its too much p*ssy footing around and never straight to the point which pisses me off and jet makes most processes too long winded. Theres ALOT of pretentiousness about too annoys me & then finally the work some times (and we've got pretty big clients) can become tedious. The pros though are that most agencies I've experienced are incredibly relaxed and are very flexible with how you work & influence you to not over-focus on work (a lot have schemes were you can claim back footy, cinema, theatre, gig etc tickets as 'inspiration' and just claim it on the business). Theres a lot of client/media owner parties which are always a laugh/include free sh*t so it is fun and the work can be incredible but its just the kind of people who work within the industry thats slowly making me turn away & thats the big problem as its so socially orientated.
Its an odd one with most people I speak to cause it really is either love or hate. I'm more straight to the point/cut throat when it comes to work so isn't very adaptable in most aspects of the ad world
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lol i eventually made the jump into this, been about a year. everything above is so on point.
Local before you're ready to pull that trigger sell me a stake in ur ltd.
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Had my ups, ups then downs and now up again working my dream job, I'm literally buzzing off life.
In brief this is my second role since graduating in July 2012. I spent 10 months in property management, had a big fall out with employers and left.
4 months unemployed I signed on, worked on my business and applied to a lot of asset management companies but failed 2 big interviews 1 by such a fine margin so close to success, in this time I also created my 'moving on up' persona as a means of reinforcing my impending success even in spite of this hard time.
In October I applied to an internship I thought was beneath me, 2 months later I am an Operations Analyst at a property development company and shall be recruiting an intern for the very job I was doing in October to build my own sub-team in a company which will boom in the next 3 years.
God is gracious, he's been disproportionately blessing me from way, way back I must say.
International business degree, now working at an ad agency. f*ck it for a career though, sh*t aint for me.
It was always advertising/marketing or financials, I'm currently looking for a job in the latter.
Had a few close calls with 'dream jobs' - was offered a role at a marketing firm in Australia but for a variety of reasons I couldn't take it up & also came very close for working on the marketing team at Nike Football
A mate of mines had a bit of luck with Warner Bros in LA btw, fresh outta Uni an now has an interview for their marketing team with no experience - they have a lot of job pops on their site for the LA, NY, London & Chicago offices apparently for anyone interested
whats the cons about working at an ad agency
thinking about making that my next jump
Don't get me wrong, its a great industry to live in and the experience/contacts available probably outweigh those found in other industries but its just not for me.
If you're client facing then its too much p*ssy footing around and never straight to the point which pisses me off and jet makes most processes too long winded. Theres ALOT of pretentiousness about too annoys me & then finally the work some times (and we've got pretty big clients) can become tedious. The pros though are that most agencies I've experienced are incredibly relaxed and are very flexible with how you work & influence you to not over-focus on work (a lot have schemes were you can claim back footy, cinema, theatre, gig etc tickets as 'inspiration' and just claim it on the business). Theres a lot of client/media owner parties which are always a laugh/include free sh*t so it is fun and the work can be incredible but its just the kind of people who work within the industry thats slowly making me turn away & thats the big problem as its so socially orientated.
Its an odd one with most people I speak to cause it really is either love or hate. I'm more straight to the point/cut throat when it comes to work so isn't very adaptable in most aspects of the ad world
Â
lol i eventually made the jump into this, been about a year. everything above is so on point.
Enjoying it though? What area you working in?
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Looking back on my first post; I've achieved what I set out to do, work in finance, now in IB as an analyst
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dunno what this is in ref to but i was probably talking bout design.
fuck freelancing full time tho now, not for me.
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real g's
https://twitter.com/TheJobHunt2012
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Gordon Gekko
Good idea.
This fella done something similar but bigger scale
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-06-18/man-advertises-himself-on-billboard/2762942
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anyone still at uni and is enough of a c*ck
http://www.facebook.com/windowsaccessallareas/app_274200379337796
go for it, f*ck all work for a bunch of free sh*t
ethnics will be chosen blindly
deadline friday
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Mame Biram Diouf
Hows it going for everyone now?
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Took 6 months out after graduating. Been in employment for just under 12 months.
I'm getting paid well, getting good experience.
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But tbh I'm bored.
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I need to make new things happen for me this year.
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lol i eventually made the jump into this, been about a year. everything above is so on point.
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Landed a decent job, been there 13 months.Â
My pay isn't where I'd like it to be, but I'm looking at it as a stepping stone.
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im smashing it, stupidly
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absolutely miserable tho
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i sort of enjoy doing what i do but forgot how to enjoy anything else
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i hate everyone, including u, and myself
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constant ringing in my ears
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ready to go out with a bang
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Local before you're ready to pull that trigger sell me a stake in ur ltd.
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Had my ups, ups then downs and now up again working my dream job, I'm literally buzzing off life.
In brief this is my second role since graduating in July 2012. I spent 10 months in property management, had a big fall out with employers and left.
4 months unemployed I signed on, worked on my business and applied to a lot of asset management companies but failed 2 big interviews 1 by such a fine margin so close to success, in this time I also created my 'moving on up' persona as a means of reinforcing my impending success even in spite of this hard time.
In October I applied to an internship I thought was beneath me, 2 months later I am an Operations Analyst at a property development company and shall be recruiting an intern for the very job I was doing in October to build my own sub-team in a company which will boom in the next 3 years.
God is gracious, he's been disproportionately blessing me from way, way back I must say.
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Yeshua
Good luck to everyone.
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Good looking Captain how old are you, swear you're about my age, 23?
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Looking back on my first post; I've achieved what I set out to do, work in finance, now in IB as an analyst
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seven
Working for myself and working full time
inshallah by the end if the year the full time cuts to part time and my little business grows enough to pay as much as a full time job
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Sole
yh I hope Allah gives u that 8th listing as well.
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fak
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Captain Planet
Yh 23 next month
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Em Dott
Cp happy to hear that. I always thought you were older though so props.
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seven
Astafugugah ah
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Niall Ferguson
lol at half the stuff in here
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some fairy tales
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