Accessories & Lifestyle Products Designer Needed
Our client is seeking an Associate Designer with experience creating accessories and lifestyle products for temporary, and potentially fulltime, work. This position is responsible for designing accessories (hats, gloves, scarves, etc) and lifestyle products (desk accessories, lamps, pillows, etc) for specific target audiences. We’re looking for 3-5 years of experience designing similar products, with relevant […]
DIFFA’s Dining by Design returns to Columbus
DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) will be hosting it’s 13th annual Dining by Design event Oct. 16-17th at Veterans Memorial in Columbus. This must-see spectacle will feature amazing cuisine and creativity. The event features design luminaries and culinary giants in a feast for the eyes and palate. Each designer/sponsor will receive a dining space within […]
Catch Your Second Wind
For some people Fall is the beginning of the end. We’re nearing the end of the year, leaves are falling, gardens and flowers are dying off, before we know it the holidays will be here. But Fall is also a time when a lot of thing start, or re-start, like school, classes, organization meetings and […]
Try Before You Buy
Why not try before you buy? By Catherine Lang-Cline What could be better then to try before you buy? What better way is there for you to be absolutely sure you want something, then to take something, use it for a while and make perfectly sure it is a fit for your needs? Car dealerships […]
Portfolio exhibiting at Columbus Chamber Clambake
Thursday, September 24th 2009
5 p.m. Networking, hors d’oeuvres and beverages
7 p.m. Seafood Extravaganza
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
9990 Riverside Drive
Powell, Ohio 43065
Visit www.columbuszoo.org for directions and parking
Members: Tables of eight (8) $600.00
Individual Ticket $85.00
Non-member: Tables of eight (8) $720.00
Individual Ticket $ 95.00
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The Hierarchy of Success (according to Seth Godin)
The hierarchy of success (according to Seth Godin)
I think it looks like this:
- Attitude
- Approach
- Goals
- Strategy
- Tactics
- Execution…
Check out the rest of the article, with great insights worth mulling over…are you starting at the end (execution) instead of the beginning (attitude)?
What Employers Look For: Performance Skills Are Critical To Career Success
Whether searching for a new position, or looking to advance your current career, it’s necessary to understand the skills and traits employers are looking for. In an environment where education and training is fairly accessible, it is possible for technical skills to become a commodity. If so, then what will set you apart from all the other candidates when applying for a position?
In a recent survey, Portfolio Creative found performance skills (how you do the work) to be at least as important as technical skills (the work you do).
Clients were asked to rank the importance of five key areas considered when evaluating a candidate. While software skills, experience level, work samples and work history were all considered to be equally and moderately important, performance skills ranked higher in importance than all other categories.
Performance skills, or “soft skills,” are the behaviors exhibited while doing the work. They’re really the way you approach your work and manage your projects. Going beyond knowing software or being able to execute a task, it’s also being able to communicate clearly, set and achieve goals, and work well with your team.
In Portfolio Creative’s survey the highest ranking skills were team player, goal-oriented self-starter, takes direction well, excellent communicator, flexibility/multi-tasking ability, and adaptable. While there was some difference, the ranking of these top skills were quite close so they can all be considered equally important.
What does this mean to a job seeker or someone looking to advance their career? Being aware that these performance skills are so important to employers is key. A potential employer may be willing to teach a technical skill or overlook a little less experience for someone who has the right attitude and fits in well with their team.
When working on your resume or interviewing techniques, be sure to emphasize your performance at least as much as your technical skills and work experience. By demonstrating strong performance skills, you show the employer an understanding of how to work successfully and create positive outcomes that can be replicated.
While technical skills can be trained and several candidates may have similar experience, strengthening and emphasizing your performance skills can really set you apart from the pack, and set you up for success.
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©2009 Kristen Harris, Portfolio Creative, LLC.