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Every job seeker who is looking to get a new job that doesn’t feel like the wrong job has both a short term problem and a long term problem.

The short term problem: how do you know if this next job is the right one?

The long term problem: How do I pick a fulfilling career path? How do I know if there is growth? How can I ensure that I am making the right choices?

For the short term problem I teach my clients the trick of focusing on the past job interviews to inform future ones.

See the full answer here.

And it’s difficult to measure how artists are using these new opportunities to their benefit. We see a lot of doom and gloom in terms of articles like this one: The Gig Economy is Screwing Over Workers and The Gig Economy has Grown Fast-and That’s a Problem for Workers  and Lastly we’re interested to see this article on Juno, who is taking on Uber in order to treat their drivers better. But it’s difficult as so many of the recent articles are framed around either the technology or people who are working these gig jobs full time. We are hunting for links and stories about creators who are using these new avenues to help them in their creative lifestyle. This read Apped to be Screwed is a good start.

Clearly there is a lot of change happening, we just noticed that LinkedIn has joined the discussion and are interested to see how our creative readers are using that to their benefit. We also are interested to see which companies are participating in the good work code.

Read the full article at artisthood.org

It’s unclear what the vetting process is for someone who is creative who wants to show their work. From the campaign on mental illness-any creative person can create a quilt block and get the promotion from it, but we haven’t figured out how that transitions into the main program.

 

Read the full article at artisthood.org