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What Does a Creative Director Do?

Job description, skills, salary, and how to break into this leadership role in design and advertising.

A creative director is a senior-level role responsible for setting the creative vision for a brand, campaign, or project—and leading a team to bring that […]

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If you have your heart set on working for a startup, here are some of the top skills you need to succeed.

5 Skills You Need to Work at a Startup

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Video Game Writing: An Emerging Career Path for Content Creators

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Sure. Everyone uses words on their resume. But, trust me, if your hiring manager sees "Attention to detail" one more time, they might consider a career change themselves. Two mistakes that so many resume-writers make are 1. Pointing out even the most basic of skills that literally any company would want an employee to have (ie. attention to detail) and 2. copying and pasting their past job descriptions under the "experience" section of their resume. What employers really want to know is what you can do. What can you do for their company?

40 Powerful Action Words to Make Your Resume Stand Out

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Skills to Learn for Creative Job Security in the Age of AI

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How to Answer: What's Your Desired Salary?

How to Answer “What Is Your Desired Salary?” in a Job Interview

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5 Ways Communications Jobs Are Evolving in Today’s Workforce

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Coffee Interview Tips: How to Prepare and Make a Great Impression

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What’s your place in your company’s DEI strategy?

What’s Your Role in Your Company’s DEI Strategy?

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There really are a thousand ways to sink a job interview. A job interview is a tricky kind of social parlor game with major life implications. It can seem like a highly-choreographed dance of etiquette and enthusiasm that can bring you to the next progressive stage of your life, or can leave you walking to your car in a daze of confusion of embarrassment. From our perspective, when you put all the choreography aside, there’s one thing a candidate needs to do in a job interview that’s so fundamental, many people forget to even consider it, and as a result, forget to even do it. It’s something that people assume they’re doing, even if they’re not.

The One Critical Mistake Even Executives Make in Job Interviews

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