Career Preparation Resources

The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna

NYU Resources

• NYU IDM Job Postings on LinkedIn

• NYU Global Awards (Fulbright, Marshall, Rhodes, etc.). Remember your contact is Kristofor Larsen, [e-mail].

• NYU Photo Bureau

  Students can get free headshots from the NYU Photo Bureau. I highly recommend that you take advantage of it for your portfolio website and LinkedIn profile. It's a very popular service. You just need to book it (sometimes weeks) in advance.

• NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development

• NYU Leslie Elab (Entrepreneurship)

Catt Small (IDM Alumna)

• ****Impress for success: Strategic ways to seem more hireable****

• ****12 tips for getting into a new career****

Maxine Cho (IDM Undergrad Alumni)

The Ultimate Product Design/UX Internship Recruiting Guide for Beginners

LinkedIn

• LinkedIn Learning:

  • Designing a Resumé for Creatives

• LinkedIn Help:

  • Let Recruiters Know You’re Open to Job Opportunities | LinkedIn Help

  • Find Jobs on LinkedIn – Best Practices | LinkedIn Help

Resumé

• Resume tips from a Senior Google recruiter https://www.tiktok.com/@careerdivacoaching/video/7138837823611997486?

Portfolio

• http://kritikakushwaha.com/dear-student

AIGA (Professional Org for Creatives)

• AIGA Professional Resources

• AIGA's Career Advice during COVID-19.

• AIGA's Internships in Design: Advice for COVID-19.

• AIGA's How To Ace the Virtual Interview.

Job Boards

• Glass Door

• Highly Recommended! Subscribe to the Words of Mouth Newsletter

• https://designx.community/jobs/ (UX, Design, & Research jobs)

• Uncubed

• We Work Remotely

• AIGA Design Jobs

• Creative Applications

• Krop

• Coroflot

• Creative Hotlist

Miscellaneous

• Pew Research

• Get A Design Job! by RitaSue Siegel

• (Book) How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy

Salary Negotiation

• Fearless Negotiating by Michael C. Donaldson

• Lean In for Graduates by Sheryl Sanders

• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

• How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Salaries

• Design X

• Design Census

• Glassdoor

• Levels

Branding

• Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands by Marty Neumeier

Networking / Conferences

• Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi

• Conferences by Design X:

  • Remote Design Week

  • Design Leadership Summit

  • 5to9 Conference

  • Ladders Conference

Writing

• Copywriting: Successful Writing for Design, Advertising and Marketing by Mark Shaw

• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by Strunk and White

• The Mac is Not a Typewriter by Robin Williams

Define Your Own Success Illustration by Jolby for Get To Work Book

Lifestyle Design

• The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated by Timothy Ferriss

• Anything You Want by Derek Sivers

• How To Stop Worrying & Start Living by Dale Carnegie

• The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau

Crowdsource Funding

• Kickstarter

• Indiegogo

• PledgeMusic

• GoFundMe

Entrepreneurship

• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

• Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Freelance

• The Business Side of Creativity: The Complete Guide to Running a Small Graphics Design or Communications Business by Cameron Foote

• Docracy

  • Andy Clarke's Contract Killer 3

  • Development Service Contract

• AIGA Standard Service Agreement

• smashing magazine: The Collective Legal Guide for Designers

• Dealing with Clients who refuse to pay

• Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself by Daniel Pink.

• Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands by Marty Neumeier