From Atlanta to Washington DC to Chicago, LA, and San Francisco — Onward Search has many new job opportunities

With this episode of the Onward Search Career Cast, web designers and web developers will learn a lot about navigating their careers and enhancing their professional journey with career advice from industry expert Denise Jacobs.

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Hillary O’Keefe’s guest, Denise Jacobs, is a writer, a speaker, a designer, educator and the author of The CSS Detective Guide.

The 5 Questions Denise Answers in the Jobcast:

Question #1 – What is the best advice you’ve ever received about navigating a career in web design especially advice that you passed on to other designers.

Question #2 – What trend (or trends) should web designers embrace now to remain competitive over the coming years?

Question #3 – What are the biggest mistakes and best choices web designers make when they are building their portfolios?

Question #4 – What events and conferences do you recommend the most to web designers and developers both here in the US and abroad?

Question #5 – What is the most unexpected source of inspiration you’ve ever encountered?

And our bonus question, who is your industry hero?

If you’re looking for a design or a development career opportunity, head on over to onwardsearch.com and checkout our web design jobs as well as our web development jobs. Thanks for listening!

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With offices located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington DC, and Wilton, CT, Onward Search has many project-based and full-time executive positions available for Internet marketing, interactive design and mobile application development professionals.

Employers: Internet Marketing and Interactive Staffing

Onward Search is focused on one thing, and one thing only. We connect the most talented internet and interactive marketing talent in the country with the nation’s best companies. Call 1-800-829-0072 to get started today!

From Atlanta to Washington DC to Chicago, LA, and San Francisco — Onward Search has many opportunities for experienced UX Designers!

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This is Peter Clayton with your host, Hillary O’Keefe, Onward Search’s Online Marketing Manager. Joining Hillary today is Pete D’Orsi, who heads up User Experience at PackLate.com — a really cool travel site!

In this Career Cast, Hillary and Pete talk about transitioning into a career in User Experience – a hot topic for sure!

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Questions Hillary asks Pete in this Career Cast:

1. Pete, how long have you worked in UX?

2. What lead up to your current position?

3. What did video game design teach you about UX?

4. Based on everything you know about user experience, how can web developers position themselves to transition into a UX career?

5. Mobile interfaces are a very big topic in UX these days, so if someone has been working in mobile development for a while, what can they bring to the UX table?

6. What can you learn from listening to customer service calls when working on UX design?

7. HOT JOBS: Hillary tells us about a number of UX jobs Onward Search currently is looking to fill across the country!

With offices located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington DC, and Wilton, CT, Onward Search has many project-based and full-time executive positions available for Internet marketing, interactive design and mobile application development professionals.

Employers: Internet Marketing and Interactive Staffing

Onward Search is focused on one thing, and one thing only. We connect the most talented internet and interactive marketing talent in the country with the nation’s best companies. Call 1-800-829-0072 to get started today!

You can’t look for job search info these days without getting hit with tons of social networking advice. Joining Hillary O’Keefe for a new episode of the Onward Search Career Cast is Tim Tyrell-Smith, job search expert, author and creator of TimsStrategy.com

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The signs that your social networking efforts are on point and moving you closer to your next job aren’t always easy to see. Luckily, there are job search experts out there like Hillary’s latest Onward Search Career Cast podcast guest, Tim Tyrell-Smith, who know exactly how to identify signs that your social networking strategy is actually working.

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Welcome to Jobs in Pods – the only podcast where you can hear real employers — leading recruiters and staffing agencies — talk about their jobs and how to get them. I am your host Peter Clayton.

Corbis is seeking talented individuals to fill positions in client advisory roles, as well as in customer service, research, photography/art/motion editing, web production, programming, and other departments in their global offices. Joining us today from Seattle is Global Recruiting Manager Anette Ceraficki, and Senior Recruiter, John Kelley.

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Corbis is a creative resource for advertising, marketing and media professionals, providing a comprehensive selection of stock photography, illustration, footage, typefaces and rights clearance services. Through its branded web sites Corbis Images, Corbis Motion, Veer and GreenLight, the company helps the creative community make distinctive advertising and publishing for the Internet, magazines, newspapers, books, television and films. Corbis is based in Seattle, with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia that serve more than 50 countries.

Anette and John answer the following questions in this podcast…

1. Anette, we spoke last December – so give us an update. What’s new and exciting at Corbis?

2. John, I know you have current job openings from Sydney to Seattle – Calgary to New York to London. Tell us about some of the software and engineering jobs you’re looking to fill right now.

3. Anette, I know you’re also recruiting for a number of marketing and sales roles, can you give us some details on these positions?

4. Tell us about the culture and work environment at Corbis. Who’s a good fit – and what kind of personality is well suited to your company, and what attributes do you need to be successful at Corbis?

5. Anette, tell me about “hack day” at Corbis.

6. In general, what kind of qualifications, education, and background do you look for in your job candidates?

7. Can you share with us advice for those interested in a career at Corbis? Anette and John, what impresses you most in a job interview?

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The latest episode of Onward Search’s Career Cast covers the hot topic of careers in Flash design and development. (download mp3)

Andrea Guerrero, Manager of Staffing for the Onward Search Chicago office, joined host Peter Clayton to talk about some of the opportunities and trends in Flash careers right now. The questions cover everything from an introduction to different Flash roles to the outlook based on the relationship between Apple and Adobe so whether you’re just starting out in Flash or you’re a seasoned professional, tune into this episode for valuable advice and insight.

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We dive into the fields of web design and web development in our latest Onward Search Career Cast podcast as Account Executive Cindy Caldwell joins host Peter Clayton to discuss the latest trends for these professionals and what’s happening in the Atlanta job market.

Cindy provides excellent insight regarding how web design and development professionals differ, how one can prepare to enter either of these fields, and what opportunities exist in the Atlanta area.

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Questions we ask Cindy in this Jobcast:

1) What are the main differences between web developers and web designers?

2) How should students in either field prepare themselves to enter this market?

3) Is it more competitive than other design and development fields? Are there ways a professional web designer or developer can distinguish themselves from the rest of the talent pool?

4) Are you seeing any trends regarding the most in demand skills these professionals should possess? What are hiring companies looking for the most?

Clean design, easy navigation and user interface.

5) Should web developers and designers have experience in, or at least an understanding of other areas like social media or search marketing?

6) In the Atlanta area, what are you seeing in terms of hiring trends? Are these designers and developers highly coveted at the moment?

7) What are some of the “hot jobs” you’re trying to find great candidates for?

{audio} Its time for another update with our friends from CORBIS. Corbis provides a comprehensive selection of royalty-free and rights managed stock photography, illustration and footage for advertising, marketing and media. With offices around the world including Seattle, L.A., Calgary, London & New York they are still growing strong and hiring for a variety of internships this summer. Joining us now from the Calgary office is their Recruiting Manager Anette Ceraficki. Apply at corbis.com. (download mp3) 8 min

In this 8 minute interview we’ll discuss;

1. I understand you have about a dozen internships this year. Can you tell me about them?
2. Last time we spoke you had a lot of positions available in your Technology group – how has that gone?
3. What’s going on up in Calgary these days?
4. Still doing Chair Races?
5. What are employees at Corbis excited about these days?
6. Best Way to Apply…

{audio} Its time for an update with our friends from CORBIS. Corbis provides a comprehensive selection of royalty-free and rights managed stock photography, illustration and footage for advertising, marketing and media. With offices around the world including Seattle, L.A., Calgary, London & New York they are still growing strong and hiring for a variety of positions. Joining us now from the Calgary office is their Recruiting Manager Anette Ceraficki. Apply at corbis.com. (download mp3) 9 min

In this 9 minute interview we’ll discuss;

-How are things in Canada and …What’s new at Corbis?

-Size of the company, office locations around the world

-New ventures including the Veer Marketplace

-What is Hack Day? (techies will love this)

-Positions we are hiring for at the moment and in the near future. (search engine marketing jobs are hot as well as various finance/accounting positions and of course software developers (C Sharp, dot net) & creative jobs like in User Interface)

-Some job search advice. We asked Anette how much they google their candidates