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Last post: 1 year, 2 months ago | Thread started: Mar 29, 12, 3:51 p.m.

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• ohhhhhsnap

  where are your resources (sorry if this thread has already been created) mine off of the top of my head are:

  krop
  coroflo aiga
  freelancersunion
  idealist

  Mar 29, 12, 3:51 p.m. – Permalink

• Miguex

  find out about agencies in your area and reach out to them, you have more chances of getting hired if they have no open positions at the moment

  

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  Dog-earMar 29, 12, 3:54 p.m. – Permalink

• waterhouse

  • thanks, i just spent 20 min listening to old skits– HijoDMaite1/2

    hahah me too - super funny.– Claymantis2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 29, 12, 4:01 p.m. – Permalink

• fredddddd

  Krop seems like 1000 people apply for every job.

  

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  Dog-earMar 29, 12, 6:58 p.m. – Permalink

• fredddddd

  Knowing people is really the only way.

  • wrong. good work = door open.– showpony1/2

    showpony, that's not always true.
    meeting the right person at the right time opens more doors than good work– Miguex2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 29, 12, 6:58 p.m. – Permalink

• fredddddd

  Adults use Corofot?

  • no, it's for kids.– akrok1/2

    haha akrok– monospaced2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 29, 12, 6:58 p.m. – Permalink

• omg

  Advertise
  

  

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  Dog-earMar 29, 12, 11:07 p.m. – Permalink

• doesnotexist

  get rep'd by creative circle/aquent/others. they're usually in deep with a lot of the bigger agencies.

  • *fuck* aquent– d_rek

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 7:35 a.m. – Permalink

• identity

  dribbble.com

  • interactive jobs– identity

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 7:57 a.m. – Permalink

• i_was

  confront people

  • "if you don't hire me by noon, I'm crakin your jaw with this bat, motherfucka'– Miguex

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 8:54 a.m. – Permalink

• doesnotexist

  creative hotlist
  real people you know in real life

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 10:21 a.m. – Permalink

• fyoucher1

  LinkedIn / Networking, #1 option IMO.

  Get contacted about projects all the time, from major ad agencies or direct clients. Just about every exec in an ad agency or major company uses it. Build your network. Every time you work for a company, connect with all of the folks you work with. Then get references or referrals.

  Those other places are hit or miss and not really places you can actually "look". You basically put a folio up and wait for a client to look for you. LinkedIn allows you to actually do something about getting new clients.

  I'd imagine being repped is great but definitely not through a place like Aquent / Create Circle...unless you don't mind them getting a 90% cut of what's being charged.

  What do you do if you don't mind me asking?

  • He's a plumber. What do you think he does?– CygnusZero41/2

    reps always take a cut, that's how they work. and they have decent work sometimes, just gotta be picky.– doesnotexist2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 10:34 a.m. – Permalink

• Miguex

  I'm on nearly every single site that allows me to network, cor0flot, linkdn, flickr, instagram, facebook, g+, krop, creative hotlist, etc.
  I also was lucky to get little write ups here and there in a couple of blogs/ books and magazines...

  none of that worked for me for other than connecting with people.

  The few times I got to close deal and actually got jobs was by using benanxe and craigslist (I got gigs at vans and fuel tv from that last one believe it or not), but benanxe in the last couple of years landed me 3 agency jobs, I've been on it since forever and all my stuff is outdated, but I think in the las couple of years blew up and agencies started scouting for talent there..

  just thought I'd share with those looking for gigs...

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 11:18 a.m. – Permalink

• 74LEO

  classic:
  

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 11:26 a.m. – Permalink

• dbloc

  buddy just told me about this one.

  ww.dice.com

  • < add a w– dbloc1/2

    Dice is prolly older than Monster.com, been around for a long while– fyoucher12/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 30, 12, 11:30 a.m. – Permalink