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How To Start A Career in an Industry You Have No Formal Training In

By Jabari Johnson on March 10th 2010 in Career 18 comments

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Where do I start? How do I learn more? Am I doing this right? Should I change my major? These were all of the questions running through my mind before I decided to take a leap of faith. It took months of meeting with mentors, personal decision making, and learning as much about entertainment journalism and editing videos on Final Cut as I possibly could, before officially restructuring the career path I was on.

Maybe Corporate Life Isn’t For You?

By JC on March 2nd 2010 in Career 23 comments

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We’re all trained to be nothing but drones; we’re dispensable robots with the worst corporate culture I’ve ever experienced – everyone mopes around with a permanent upside-down smile. The only perk to my job was that I got to wear sweatpants every day. I really like wearing sweatpants.

Going going, back back…to school?

By Jon Yang on February 25th 2010 in Career 12 comments

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As passionate people, sometimes all it takes is an introduction to something we’ve never tried before to spark a new hobby, or even a new career. While it’s possible to learn gain new interests and new skills by meeting people, going online, or just fumbling around on your own, the structure and regimented pace of a class can help you commit the time to really learn instead of always putting it off for “next weekend.”

It’s a job offer, don’t get your panties in a bunch

By Rich DeMatteo on February 17th 2010 in Career 28 comments

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How often have you seen people freak the hump out when they receive a job offer? All the time, right? I mean, I have. Each time I’ve received an offer, I’ve ran around screaming at people, dogs, even caterpillars telling them how “amazing” and “perfect” the job and company is.

The last thing I want to do is burst your bubble, but sometimes that excitement and optimism can greatly cloud your vision, resulting in you accepting and starting a job that really isn’t for you.

Are you the ideal candidate?

By Andre Charoo on February 9th 2010 in Career 19 comments

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Have you ever thought to yourself: “I would love to go that school, but they wouldn’t accept me”; or “I would love to apply to that position, but, I don’t fit their requirements”; or “I would love to start a company, but I don’t know if I have the skills necessary to do it”? At [...]

How to Survive In The Middle: Untemplating in the Nonprofit World

By Beth Oppenheim on February 3rd 2010 in Career 17 comments

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In the past, I considered my untemplating life to be perpetually on hold. I was waiting for that perfect moment to change everything and really “go for it!” This site and others have given me the certainty that many people feel that way. If we were portrayed in a picture, we would be a long [...]

Gen Y, Job Hopping, and Starship Troopers

By Rich DeMatteo on January 27th 2010 in Career 54 comments

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Raise your hand if you’ve seen the sci-fi film, Starship Troopers.  Everyone with their hands down, please find a permanent marker and write “A–hole” on your face.  Thanks. If me calling you an a–hole wasn’t enough motivation, I can certainly drop a few reasons to watch SST immediately.  Watch it for ridiculously oversized alien bugs [...]

Linchpin: Seth Godin’s Newest Book

By Monica on January 26th 2010 in Career Leave a comment!

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Seth Godin is well known for writing great marketing books, but his latest book, Linchpin, really struck a cord with us here at Untemplater. You see, Linchpin is about living the untemplated life. Godin explains how employment has changed from the last 50 years, and how each one of us should move forward in our [...]

8 Ways To Avoid Mediocrity

By Andre Charoo on January 14th 2010 in Career 17 comments

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You’re 22, just about to graduate in a few more months and you’re thinking of what you should do after college. Your focus is to make some money, since you’ve been deprived of it for the last 4 years, and get started with “living life”. You’re open to whatever comes at you so long as [...]