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Everyone Has An Answer On How To Find A Job.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 5/2/2012 10:03 AM | Add Comment

Online Degree: Why I'm Considering Home Schoolin'.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/23/2012 1:13 PM | Add Comment

Game Your Way Into An Internship In Amsterdam.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/26/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

10 words you should never use on LinkedIn

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/23/2012 9:38 AM | Add Comment

Want An Agency Job? Hold Somebody Hostage.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/21/2012 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Words That Dog Your Cover Letter.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/12/2012 9:49 AM | Add Comment

The art of saying, "Thank you." (2012 Recap)

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 2/29/2012 9:59 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

How Much Can You Earn In Social Media?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 2/17/2012 9:04 AM | Add Comment

If You Don't Truly Follow, Opportunities Get Left Behind.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/30/2012 9:31 AM | Add Comment

Santa, I wanna dot com.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/23/2011 8:13 AM | Add Comment

Interning Vs. Freelance

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/16/2011 3:38 PM | Add Comment

The Price of Anti-Social Media Behavior.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/12/2011 10:05 AM | Add Comment

Make Holiday Cards Your Personal Campaign.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/7/2011 8:04 AM | Add Comment

Former Ad Man Blogs His Way To New Job.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/5/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Why I Joined Another Social Network.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/18/2011 1:24 PM | Add Comment

Hitting the 500 Milestone.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/7/2011 11:42 AM | Add Comment

Tis The Season To Not Hire.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/4/2011 9:47 AM | Add Comment

The Return Of Scary Job Interviews

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 10/31/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Recruiter Rejection And Headhunter Heartbreak.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 10/26/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Man-up Or Woman-Up Your Resume.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 10/19/2011 9:57 AM | Add Comment

ADs & CWs: Pitch A Comic Book Series

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 10/14/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

It's Advertising Week.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 10/3/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

A Brief Brief May Get You An Amsterdam Internship.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/21/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Networking 101

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/19/2011 9:59 AM | Add Comment

Low Credit Score Costing You A Job?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/16/2011 8:48 AM | Add Comment

Wood U Higher A Acount Exeecutive?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/7/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Hatch Your Potential In Twitter Founders' Incubator.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/26/2011 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Put The Spotlight On You Like Reality Stars.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/15/2011 7:53 AM | Add Comment

How To Pack Up Internship Experience.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/10/2011 9:22 AM | Add Comment

Want The Job? Timing Is Everything.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/1/2011 9:54 AM | Add Comment

Take The Contact Quiz.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 7/1/2011 9:24 AM | Add Comment

Stop Treating LinkedIn Like Facebook.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 6/29/2011 9:24 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Know Who's Who And What They Do.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 5/9/2011 8:44 AM | Add Comment

Sell This? Are You Serious?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 5/6/2011 8:20 AM | Add Comment

Creative Week Coming Up.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 5/2/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Complex Gets Creative With Art Careers.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/29/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Can't Keep Talent? Keep 'Em In Town.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/27/2011 8:00 AM | Add Comment

Donate Your Creative Talents To The Red Cross.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/25/2011 8:23 AM | Add Comment

What Creative Directors Want From You - In Their Words.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/18/2011 8:53 AM | Add Comment

Internships: Sometimes You've Got To Walk Away.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/6/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Two Ways To Play In A Shark Tank.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/28/2011 8:53 AM | Add Comment

Aflac Needs A New Quack.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/25/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Looking For Jobs In Weird Places-And Finding Them.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/9/2011 9:25 AM | Add Comment

Wanna Be The Voice Of The Chicago Cubs?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/2/2011 7:00 AM | Add Comment

How To Make Design Your Business.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/28/2011 6:00 AM | Add Comment

Follow the Business.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/26/2011 9:53 AM | Add Comment

Hear Him And Hire Him.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/5/2011 10:56 AM | Add Comment

Take The (Little) Money And Run.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/29/2010 10:16 AM | Add Comment

Broken Promises To December Grad.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/20/2010 11:16 AM | Add Comment

Recommended Job Sites For Creatives.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/13/2010 8:58 AM | Add Comment

Trim The Fat Off Your Portfolio.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/29/2010 9:29 AM | Add Comment

Reach Out And Card Someone.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/26/2010 9:26 AM | Add Comment

Why There May Be No New Job This Year.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/24/2010 8:39 AM | Add Comment

Interview Prep - Do Your Homework.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/19/2010 9:56 AM | Add Comment

Half-Naked Networking

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/17/2010 7:00 AM | Add Comment

Modular. A Look You Can Wear After Labor Day

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/6/2010 9:07 AM | Add Comment

Don't Make "Goodbye" Sound So Final.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/3/2010 8:01 AM | Add Comment

Did You Schedule For Your Internship?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 9/1/2010 7:30 AM | Add Comment

Come Work With The Professor.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/30/2010 8:41 AM | Add Comment

Chill. Don't Start The Fire.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/27/2010 10:00 AM | Add Comment

For Internships, Learn From The Queen.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/11/2010 10:00 AM | Add Comment

Lead By Example.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 8/9/2010 9:00 AM | Add Comment

The Thank You Letter 2010. Part 2: Take Out The Competition.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 7/12/2010 10:00 AM | Add Comment

The Thank You Letter 2010. Part 1: Put It On Paper.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 7/9/2010 10:00 AM | Add Comment

Hazing The Juniors And The Interns

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 5/19/2010 8:28 AM | Add Comment

Take A Stand. Brand Your Book.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 5/7/2010 8:56 AM | Add Comment

The Internship With A Master Plan

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/30/2010 8:11 AM | Add Comment

Spec Work. A Necessary Evil?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/28/2010 7:12 AM | Add Comment

Creative Week. You Going?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 4/8/2010 10:11 PM | Add Comment

How To Play Your Contact Cards.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/29/2010 10:11 AM | Add Comment

The 24-Hour Response

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/21/2010 10:14 PM | Add Comment

Job Interviewing Tips We Can Take From Keyser Söze.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/17/2010 12:06 PM | Add Comment

It's Internship Season.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/15/2010 11:34 AM | Add Comment

Plenty of Buzzing and Tweeting Today.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/12/2010 12:54 PM | Add Comment

Portfolio Class By The Book.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/5/2010 7:52 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Ad Students Pay For Words Of Wisdom.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 3/3/2010 7:12 AM | Add Comment

The Key To Getting Past Gatekeepers.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 2/26/2010 8:25 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

We Can Be Friends With Benefits.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 2/22/2010 8:07 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

A Networking Site Is A Terrible Thing To Waste.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 2/17/2010 9:02 AM | Add Comment

The Super Bowl's Real MVP

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 2/10/2010 9:35 AM | Add Comment

Teaching Your Parents The Facts Of Life.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 2/5/2010 9:00 AM | Add Comment

Professors Sing Your Praises And Not A Note From You

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/31/2010 10:33 PM | Add Comment

Summer Internship? Apply Yesterday.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/27/2010 10:12 AM | Add Comment

It's Almost As Good As A Bigfoot Sighting

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/25/2010 7:21 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Don't Make People Give Up On You

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/19/2010 10:02 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Think Again About A Career In Helping Others

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/18/2010 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Interview For A Job – Jetsons Style.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/12/2010 10:07 PM | Add Comment

Don't Sensor Yourself. Police Yourself.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 1/7/2010 10:11 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Ad Grad Project: Virtual Is Becoming A Career Reality.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/21/2009 9:42 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Ad Grad Project Wk 4: In-House Are No Longer The Outsiders.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/14/2009 9:00 AM | Add Comment

Compuware's Million Dollar Giveaway: A Coup For You?

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/9/2009 6:55 AM | Add Comment

The Ad Grad Project: You have allies in alumni.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 12/7/2009 4:10 AM | Add Comment

The Ad Grad Project: Profiting From Non-Profits — With A Job.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/29/2009 10:09 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Ad Grad Project: Finding 51 opportunities in five weeks.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/22/2009 11:55 PM | Add Comment

Rooting For and Recruiting Creative Talent To Detroit

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/18/2009 4:12 AM | Add Comment

What to bring to career fairs - if you're on the panel.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/16/2009 9:49 AM | Add Comment

It's an AdCon weekend.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/13/2009 4:01 AM | Add Comment

The Lemonade is almost ready.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/9/2009 8:20 AM | Add Comment

Looks like a great place to work. (Hopefully, there's work.)

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 11/6/2009 7:28 AM | Add Comment

Mentors. Get one. Be one.

Posted by Clifton Simmons at 10/27/2009 10:23 PM | Add Comment

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Clifton Simmons, Senior Copywriter for The Marketing Store, Chicago, IL. Currently creating promotional goodness for McDonald's and Coke. Worked on Chevy, Chrysler, USAA, and Michelin in my former life. Also heavily involved in experiential marketing and new trends. The fine print: This is my blog, so these are my opinions - not my agency and not our clients.

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