The Job Safari: Holy Smokes Batman, the Job safari was featured!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Holy Smokes Batman, the Job safari was featured!

Hey Everyone!

I was googling "thejobsafari" for fun and found out that one of the articles, specifically the one from Mars Advertising with Stanley Stevens, was featured on the sight!

I'm so happy this blog is getting publicity and it couldn't be done without the support of all of you!

The more people that read it, the more we can help!

THANK YOU ALL!

-Alex

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UnknownJuly 21, 2009 at 8:39 AM
did you happen to get the link?
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Why the Safari?

The Goal:

Finding a job is hard... especially when you are an entry level, recent grad who has no idea what the next, or even first, step may be. I want to create a place where entry level advertisers from all around the world can go to gain some instant insight and advice about what it takes to find a job in advertising.

The Story:

The idea came to me while I was sitting at a coffee shop in San Francisco. My own personal tragedies had left me at a crossroads. With the exception of some freelance gigs, my search for a full-time “dream job” had been fruitless. I began thinking about how I could turn a depressing challenge into an enlightening opportunity. I knew that I wanted to make an impact on the advertising world, I just didn’t know how I intended to do it. It then hit me in the face like an angry drag queen! I would use this time in limbo as a chance to explore the workings on landing a dream job in advertising.

The Premises:

I decided to give myself one month and four cities: Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh and NYC.

In 30 days, I plan to spend a week in each city visiting a variety of advertising agencies and design studios, with the common goal of gaining insight to help answer my personal question of desperation, "how can I find a job?!" I will blog my findings, video what I can, and at the end of my journey analyze and organize the mass amounts of advice and insights I hope to come across. As a result, I hope to supply the entry level world with an extreme tool that will generate job finding results.

So with my shitty, outdated laptop, my i-Phone, digital camcorder, and a smile I embark on this journey that will help solve that question for so many entry levels like myself…

How the hell can I get a job?

Q&A:

Why Pittsburgh, Detroit, NYC and Chicago?

Despite the fact that I have connections in all four cities, I wanted to explore the two industry extremes to gain a
well-rounded understanding of an entry level's place in this job-centered world. I want to understand how thriving cities and depressed, but growing, cities see the industry.

What do you hope to gain from this project?

I want to know the best possible way to find a job as an entry level advertising graduate. I hope that this site will give others hope and offer guidance that I wish I had when I graduated.

How can I help?

Do you have advice, comments, or questions you want answered? Email me: Helveticaawesome@gmail.com.

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