It's time to admit, I need to update the name of my beloved blog. Confessions of a Creative Recruiter just doesn't hold true anymore. I haven't been a creative recruiter for almost two years now.
Five years ago, a good friend knew I liked to give advice to young creatives aspiring to be in advertising and he suggested I start capturing the advice in a blog. I couldn't imagine having something to write about for more than a few weeks. Ha! That certainly hasn't been a problem.
Yet, my personal branding is all over the place. My Twitter name is @WorkLifeAdvice, My consulting company is Cecilia Gorman Training Services and then this blog with my old recruiting title.
It's time to line it up.
When I think about this blog I realize it is just a place where I can offer advice (to anyone willing to listen) - sometimes it is about getting a job, or keeping the one you have. Sometimes it is about being a better co-worker or a nicer person. Other times it is about what not to do in an interview or a reminder to not have typos on your resume. Just pieces and parts of this thing called life. That's it.
Work. Life. Advice.
Simple.
(My new blog can be found here... )
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Thursday, November 14, 2013
There is PLENTY of money to be made...
There is plenty of money to be made as an advertising creative.
I guarantee you that.
If I hear one more junior/student/person say you can't make money in advertising I might scream. Where are these people getting their information from - a state fair fortune teller?
Your uncle or grandpa or dad's friend's brother is not right. Whomever is telling you that you cannot be successful and make money in this industry is dead wrong.
Folks, as a recruiter, I have seen salaries over the years, lots and lots of them. They are good, great, stellar even.
Below are salaries I have personally seen or heard of (in thousands). Granted I am sure there are exceptions that are less and lots more that are even higher...
Junior anything - $30, $35, $40, $45K (heck I even hired a junior in a time of desperation for $52K).
Mid anything - $45, $55, $65, $75K
Senior anything - $80, $85, $95K
ACD - $95, $100, $125, $140K
CD - $135, $160, $185, $235K
ECD - $185, $225, $350, $400K
Who cannot live on this amount of money? The Kardashians?!
Recently someone was lamenting a decision to go back to school and follow his true passion in copywriting. He said his dad's friend (who apparently is in the industry) told him you can't make any money as a copywriter.
True. If you suck.
Not true if you have stellar writing skills, work hard, deliver top-quality work and strive daily for an amazing career.
I guarantee you that.
If I hear one more junior/student/person say you can't make money in advertising I might scream. Where are these people getting their information from - a state fair fortune teller?
Your uncle or grandpa or dad's friend's brother is not right. Whomever is telling you that you cannot be successful and make money in this industry is dead wrong.
Folks, as a recruiter, I have seen salaries over the years, lots and lots of them. They are good, great, stellar even.
Below are salaries I have personally seen or heard of (in thousands). Granted I am sure there are exceptions that are less and lots more that are even higher...
Junior anything - $30, $35, $40, $45K (heck I even hired a junior in a time of desperation for $52K).
Mid anything - $45, $55, $65, $75K
Senior anything - $80, $85, $95K
ACD - $95, $100, $125, $140K
CD - $135, $160, $185, $235K
ECD - $185, $225, $350, $400K
Who cannot live on this amount of money? The Kardashians?!
Recently someone was lamenting a decision to go back to school and follow his true passion in copywriting. He said his dad's friend (who apparently is in the industry) told him you can't make any money as a copywriter.
True. If you suck.
Not true if you have stellar writing skills, work hard, deliver top-quality work and strive daily for an amazing career.
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