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Entries from December 2007

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December 9th, 2007 · No Comments

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Tags: Discussion

Interviewing 101

December 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Interviewing is stressful. As years go by and you go through your fair share of interviews, you will find it comes easier and more naturally. Still, if you are interviewing for a job, you are probably in a fragile/desperate state where you either need a job or have to get out of your current job […]

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Tags: The Profession

Better Alternatives to a Portfolio

December 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments

As I discussed in my last post, your portfolio should be as un-complicated as possible and speak for itself. The goal here is to waste little time on mundane details when in actuality, your architectural work should be speaking for you. Now I want to take the portfolio the next step further in order to […]

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Don’t make your Portfolio a Big Deal

December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

I know the title of this article is one of those “easier said than done” issues, but it’s really true.
After I graduated, I was ready to take on the world. Aren’t we all? However, your portfolio can become a major barrier to your success in starting out in the field. You have high hopes of […]

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Keeping your Résumé Simple

December 1st, 2007 · No Comments

Looking for a new job is stressful regardless of where you are in your career. Job hunting never really gets easier and, for architects, this is compounded by the fact that we need so much more than simply just a résumé (i.e. portfolios and work samples). So why would we make this task harder than […]

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