By Nikki Schroeder You’ve made it: your resume sparked your dream company’s interest and your skills are propelling you into the professional world—congratulations! You landed an interview! Need some assistance to ace the interview? Here are some interview tips and tricks to help prepare. Always Start with Research Who are you interviewing with? Get … More Interview Tips and Tricks: What You Need to Know
Have you ever had the chance to pitch one of your ideas to a company’s CEO? Technically that’s what Ad club did on Tuesday October 9th. Grand Valley’s Design thinking workshop came in with a specific goal in mind: to help our members creatively solve problems. It was a fun learning experience that explored a … More Design Thinking Workshop
Six advertising professionals joined us on Thursday to talk about their jobs in the world of advertising. It turned out to be more than that. It blossomed into a fertile talk of experiences dealing with career switch ups to epic journeys. If you missed it, then there’s always next year……… After students socialized and consumed … More Career Compass 2018
Are you prepared to graduate? This is the question you should be asking yourself as your degree looms closer over your head every single day. What field of advertising will you go into? How will you acquire that first job? What should I be doing to prepare? These are all questions that were answered at … More Graduate Panel 2018
By Tomas Crawford The advertising industry has been around for over a century and the future looks promising. Ads surround us every day from the moment we wake up to the second we go to sleep. With so much information available and stories to tell, the books about advertising are endless. This probes the question … More The Top 5 Must Read Advertising Books
On Tuesday Sept 11th we conducted our first Ad Club meeting of the year. Those in attendance were forced to put up with our silly telephone antics and other shenanigans, but everything turned out okay in the end. Ultimately because of the free pizza and free memberships. Most importantly we welcomed everyone to the start … More The Start of a New Year
The valiant men and women who make it happen. From agency tours to holiday parties, they do it all under the awesome liaison of Professor Robin Spring. We are here to connect members to professional, real world opportunities in Grand Rapids and beyond. We will help you transition from the classroom to the real world … More Meet Your 2018-2019 E-Board
By Meg Scott After much success with Speed Mentoring 2.0, we decided to bring it back again at the Grand Rapids Brewing Company on March 28! We enjoyed some drinks and indulged in chips & guacamole while meeting with 15 various professionals in the Grand Rapids area. The perfect amount of attendees showed up, allowing … More Speed Mentoring 3.0
By Evan LaVigne Creative Crawl 2018 wasn’t the typical agency crawl this year due to the nature of advertising’s busy scheduling. Yet thanks to Fairly Painless, we still had the opportunity to pick the brains of some of Grand Rapids most creative minds. Located in the heart of downtown, Fairly Painless’ second office is a … More A Fairly Painless Creative Crawl
By Danielle Talbot Did you know recruiters spend an average of six seconds reviewing a resume? That’s why it has to be captivating, yet relevant. It says a lot about you and what you can bring to a particular company. It can be scary thinking about whether your resume will catch the eye of an … More Resume Tips and Tricks
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