Working from home, an abundance of free time, and nerves about job security meant pulling longer hours, going above and beyond, and even looking for opportunities to offer our services to other companies on a freelance basis.
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At this point, working from home is not new––but with the days getting warmer and school ending soon, this transitional time of year can really throw a wrench in your WFH flow. Something that may become even more critical as more companies consider a hybrid model for their return-to-work plan. Let’s take a step back and look at what it takes to create a productive work-from-home schedule.
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s the 2020-21 Mentorship Program wraps, I’m reflecting on the last nine months of Zoom calls with my mentee—and here’s what I learned (punctuated by Moira Rose, David and all our faves for good measure).
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This post was written as a goodbye to our 2020-2021 MPLS MadWomen mentorship season. Even if you weren’t able to participate this year, we guarantee there are a few nuggets that could come in handy as you reflect on your own season of change.
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Whether you’ve been at your current gig for six months or six years (and, let’s be honest, this is advertising, six years is about the max), it’s likely thoughts of greener pastures have fluttered through your mind from time to time. But how do you know if those flutters are just the aftermath of a tough day or a sign it’s time to leap to the emerald fields across the way? Well, my dear, I have some answers to this very question. What luck!
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If you had told me when I first started my career that I’d end up working a corporate gig, I never would have believed you. I was an agency gal, through and through. I wouldn’t touch corporations with a ten-foot pole. After trying my hand working at an agency and even working for myself, I was somehow persuaded to give corporate a chance … and I’m glad I did.
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I've had a number of really awkward, strained, panic-inducing conversations in the 20ish years since that first one. I've had them with clients (like the time I had to fire one for being abusive to our team), I've had them with direct reports (like the time I had to confront someone who had accepted a job on my team, hoping it would land her an immediate job on someone else's), I've had them with bosses (like the guy who thought it was cute I wanted to be paid more), and really there are just so many.
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I’m never perfect. There’s always going to be a mix of good, bad and weird. There’s always going to be room to grow, but the only way to learn is to set aside our carefully honed I’m-flawless armor and listen to what others observe about us.
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Moving from a junior-level to a mid-level position may seem crazy (also see: stressful, daunting, overwhelming) but it is important to remember career growth is different for everyone, and there are a lot of factors that play into moving up the ladder.
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No one travels the same exact road at the beginning of their careers. Even if you have a super detailed five-year plan—if 2020 has taught us anything—it will almost never go as planned. Reflecting on the beginnings of my career in 2017, here’s what my experience actually looked like, and what I’ve learned from it.
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