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Working With Clients: Interview With Rajesh Pancholi. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with my friend Rajesh Pancholi of R27. Rajesh is a UK designer who has worked with several clients including Epson, HP, Amazon (UK), Cisco, Tandberg, Volkswagen, BMW, T-Mobile, and many more. I've done a lot of interviews in the past; many of which focused on the designer's background, workflow, and personal opinions. In today's interview, we decided to focus on Rajesh's relationship with his clients and how to best work with them. If you've often wondered how to court large or small clients, take a moment and review the interview below. A Bit of Background Info After studying at the London College of Communication or the London College of Printing (LCP) as it was known in my day.

Along with various numbers of colleagues taking on different roles, I've supported B2B and blue chip companies of all sizes and many new businesses. Client Retention Client Communication. The "putting a voice to a name" is something I like to do when I can. Listening. Don’t Name Your Resume, “resume” & Nine Other Head-Smacking Tips for Job Seekers. At Software Advice, we’re hiring like mad, or at least trying to. You might think a growing company with interesting jobs, great pay, top-notch benefits and a cool office would find hiring to be a breeze in a recession like this. Nope. We want A players on our team – we have 19 so far. However, we typically sort through about 150 candidates for each hire we make. Only about twelve of those 150 candidates get to a first-round phone interview.

Why so few? It’s not worth our time to interview any more than that. With that as context, I want to share some of the screens I use to whittle down 150 applications to twelve interviews. One more bit of context: our typical hiring profile is a recent college grad, zero to five years out, looking for a sales or marketing job. 1. 2. don’t use all lowercase. i’m not sure where this trend originated. is it some text messaging thing? 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I know I sound like a grumpy old man. Thumbnail image created by striatic. Guru.com – Find Freelancers for Hire. Get Your Project Done. 5 Ways to Get a Job Through YouTube. Not only is it possible to use YouTube to get a job, but it's becoming a more popular option, especially for the current crop of would-be-employees that grew up with web video. Some argue that video is a more personal tool for job searching, acting as a digital interview, while others see it as cold and alienating, as it lacks the face-to-face element.

But YouTube isn't just about video resumes — there are a variety of creative ways to hop online and get hired. Even better, YouTube isn't just for Millennials. Web video can be useful for professionals of any age looking to expand their audience or pick up new clients. With a little creativity, honesty and hard work, you can utilize YouTube to create a more effective (and more interesting) professional and digital image, rather than just falling back on the ol' resume (digital or not). Read on for five ways to use YouTube to get a job. 1. "I believe in the theory of free, perfect, and now," Ferry said. 2. 3. 4. 5. Final Tips. Be Guided & Get Inspired: 45 Must-Read Resources for Freelancers.

Are you new to freelancing? Or someone who is searching for some inspiration, or may be tips and techniques to be one of the best freelancers in the world? Well then, this article is dedicated for you. To be a successful freelancer, you need to have that continuous learning attitude, you get to update yourself on what is new, what is “in” and so on.

And one of the resources where you can get knowledge is through reading. Reading is one of the good resources where we can get our inspiration, motivation, may be guides and techniques to become one of the best freelancers on whatever field you choose. In here, I compiled great articles and categorized them based on your needs that will be very helpful for you, especially for freelancers. When Starting Up Image by: Louis Abate Do you already have that idea in your mind but do not know how to start? 1. By: Hilde Torbjornsen In this article, you will find out the signs that you are already ready in facing the world of freelancing. by: Steven Snell.