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First Day on the Job: How to Make Your First Day a Success
The first day at a new job is nerve-wracking for everyone and first day nerves should be expected as you prepare to meet your new team members, managers and departments. To make sure it’s a positive experience for both you and your new company, we put together a few of our favorite points to make your first day an…
Achieving Goals: Why a Theme is More Effective Than a New Year’s Resolution
How many times have you set a specific goal for yourself at the start of a year and achieved it? In a recent survey of over 1000 Americans, just 45% said they set resolutions for themselves. If you’re the type of person to say “I want to lose x amount of lbs” or “I’m going to read x amount of…
Holiday Shopping for Designers: 6 Gifts for the Creative in Your Life
Christmas is a little over a week away and we’re betting that most of you have presents wrapped and ready to go. For the small handful of you that have left everything to the last minute, we picked out some of our favorite gifts for your creative teammates or friends. Amazon Prime is a sure way to get your online…
Managing Finances as a Freelancer: Five Tips to Better Manage Your Income
As a freelancer, part of your job is to keep on top of your money and your financial plan. Managing finances may not be part of your job description but it’s obviously an important part of leading a successful freelance career. How do you manage your income? Are you leaving it up to a third party or an accountant…
Goal Setting: 10 Best Practices for Setting Goals
Around this time of year, people start reflecting on the previous months and begin setting goals (and resolutions) for the coming year. I’ve also always done this until a recent event changed my perspective completely. It happened by chance on my birthday at the 180th Meridian, the international date line. In a split second I was simultaneously standing in…
Gratitude
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold rather a large amount of gratitude.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh With the hustle and bustle of the Holidays right around the corner, we’d like to take a moment and express our gratitude to those around us.We spoke with some of our talent and…
Agency vs. Client Side
For many people, there comes a time in your career when you start considering what it would be like to work on the other side. There’s no right answer: agency life can often involve long hours and multiple clients, but it can also be very rewarding. Perhaps working for a brand is more suited to you if you like…
Meet & Greet with Artisan
The holiday season is right around the corner but before you start stuffing turkeys and eating pumpkin pie, Artisan has a special event to ease you into the spirit of Thanksgiving. On Tuesday, November 18th we’ll be at our favorite co-working space, Kleverdog in Chinatown, Los Angeles for a meet & greet with job seekers and a drive to benefit…
6 Things You Should Be Doing in Your Next Interview
You’ve landed an interview, now what? Interviews can be a nerve-wrecking experience so in order to help you through your next interview, we’ve compiled a list of things you should be considering to get that job offer. Have you come up against any of these points in interviews before? How did you overcome them? Being PreparedBeing prepared for an…
A Guide to Relocating to Los Angeles
So you want to move to Los Angeles, but now what? LA is a place unlike any other. There’s the entertainment industry, the growing start-up area of Silicon Beach, the emerging creative world of downtown – it’s hard to know where to begin. As American poet and critic Dorothy Parker so eloquently put it, “LA is 72 suburbs in search…
Artisan Creative’s 5 Favorite Co-Working Spaces in San Francisco
We’re well aware that San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the US for cost of living, so starting out on your own or freelancing can be tough. With inflated rent and property prices, renting your own office space is out of the question for many. With that in mind, we’re featuring five of our favorite…
8 Tips to Help Your Resume and Portfolio Stand Out
As agency recruiters and sources, our goal is to find amazing talent for the open positions our clients have and help make an impact for both. In order to successfully do so, we review 50+ resumes a day before we get to the interview phase. That makes over 250 a week, and more than 1,000 a month, conservatively guessing! Below…
Artisan Creative’s 5 Favorite Co-Working Spaces in Los Angeles
Working from home can be a luxury for many people and let’s face it; spending time at your home office instead of a traffic jam is never a bad thing. Sometimes there are those days when you just need interaction. Whether it comes in the form of friendly conversation with a guy one desk over or soaking up inspiration from…
Leadership and the Story of Ernest Shackleton
“Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.” – Ernest Shackleton’s ad for crew members At the turn of the last century, a crew of 27 set sail for Antarctica with illustrious leader and explorer Ernest Shackleton. The First World War was…
9 Tech Gadgets to Spruce Up Your Work Desk
The majority of us spend a good chunk of our 8 hour workday sitting at our desk crunching numbers, writing emails, and staring at the screen. With so much time spent in one spot, why not deck it out with some cool desk gadgets to help spruce up the livelihood of your workspace? Check out these 9 fun and…
Vacation Planning Best Practices
We asked our team to share their pre- and post-trip planning process. Even though the summer holiday season is over, we hope the following tips help you plan for any time away from the office. Vacation Planning Best Practices Be Proactive. Contact clients and key stakeholders a few weeks ahead of time to let them know of your upcoming vacation…
Virtual Office Best Practices: 5 Tips For Working With Your Pets
Trust me, nobody loves your ‘work from home’ job more than your pet. Despite being surrounded by all your loveable pooches, work is work no matter where your office is. You know that, your boss knows that, but guess what? Your dogs have a different scenario in mind and the majority of their plan involves play time. I mean,…
Team Building Activities Outside the Office
How often do you spend time with co-workers outside of work? Whether it’s each quarter or each year, team building activities are not only an opportunity to get to know colleagues better and form lasting relationships, it’s also a fun way to explore Los Angeles and San Francisco attractions. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite events. Share your favorite…
5 Apps to Make your Job Search Successful
Resume Designer Have you ever had a recruiter call you for that perfect job while you’re away from your desk and you wished you could have sent your resume right away? Or perhaps you saw an ad for an immediate freelance need but you need to add in some extra details about your latest project? Resume Designer is an…
Entering the World of Recruiting
Entering the World of Recruiting I entered the world of recruiting the same way most recruiters do: by accident. Except in my case, it was not so much of an accident as it was pure luck. I spent the majority of my professional years in the customer service and administrative world where I helped people in minor ways. I…
Determination vs. Motivation
Determination vs. Motivation Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you started out incredibly motivated and passionate to get something done, then after a while your motivation waned and the energy you had was gone? I recently had a similar experience and as a long time competitive fencer, motivation and determination are both at my core. The…
Personal Branding Tips for Twitter
Whether you are an individual or a brand, social media puts many challenges in our path. If you are having a bad day, your personal voice can easily lean toward the negative. A company brand voice can do the same. When you are thinking about your personal brand, though, you want to be presenting yourself as professionally and positively as…
Time for a Resume Refresh
Don’t you wish your resume had a Refresh Button? We hope you’re spending some time this summer recharging your creativity, refining your goals, and planning for new experiences. Summer is a good time to get your resume out and refresh it as well. We don’t have a magic button, but we did take a look at some current resume trends…
Having an All-Star Job Search Team
We are on teams at work, collaborating on projects, and inspiring creativity in one another. Teams are becoming more and more important, even in academic subjects, at school. We are also on teams in our personal lives, whether we practice sports or do DIY projects at home. Have you ever been on a job search team? We all need people…