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Your Questions About Bay Area Marketing Agencies
Posted by admin on Sep 10, 2011 in SEO - Search Engine Optimization | 0 comments
Chris asks…
I’ve been unemployed for…wow…over a year. yikes! Decided to put up an online portfolio. feedback please?
I’ve been throwing my resume down the gaping holes of craigslist, careerbuilder, etc and talked to various employment agencies so I’m not just sitting around on my butt. I’m told that a portfolio helps but I’m still newer to graphic design. If anyone is in HR or is familiar with the hiring, interviewing process I would really appreciate a look over at the portfolio site.
I’d love a job with marketing, advertising, writing…etc. just no sales!! Dont know if the portfolio reflects that. It still needs work with the scrolling and all that…but i’m more interested on the things i can change myself like the content and background. =) thank you so much! I’m beginning to really freak out about having beeen unemployed this long…I moved to the bay area thinking things would change…but nope…still waiting.
here is the site: http://muhawi.com
admin answers:
College education? Or just planning to throw junk online and trying to get a job that way
Lisa asks…
I am frustrated with the job market and what to do with myself?
I been unemployed for sometime now. I been applying for work but get frustrated pretty quickly with the process. I think it’s driving me nuts. Obviously, I need to get a new job. What is a good way to stay motivated and pace myself? I live in the SF Bay Area, by the way.
Most of my experience consists of teaching ESL and Mathematics overseas (I have a BA, no credential). Most recently I have done software Quality Control for a prominent IT company (however my computer skills are very modest). The thought of working retail is nauseating! ….LOL
I have tried temp agencies but they are slow now, and would prefer avoiding them. Also, I have tried job boards but think with so many unemployed these companies are going to get inundated with resumes anyway.
I would appreciate your suggestions, thanks.
admin answers:
Looking for a job is one of the most frustrating things you can experience. You have to go where no one else goes. Go to the nearest Industrial Park. No one applies there. You can find the location on a zoning map at City Hall. You might drive a forklift or load a truck but you will find work..
Sharon asks…
Are you concerned about lead in food marketed toward children?
“Quantities of lead in bottled juice, juice boxes, and packaged fruit could exceed federal limits for the lunchbox-toting set, according to the Environmental Law Foundation. The Bay Area-based environmental nonprofit, which enlisted the aid of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab in Berkeley, tested nearly 400 samples from 150 branded products marketed to children, including apple juice, grape juice, packaged pears and peaches (including baby food), and fruit cocktail mixes. The alarming results: 125 out of 146 products—or more than 85%—contained enough lead in a single serving to warrant a warning label under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known as Prop. 65.”
http://www.inhabitots.com/2010/06/11/85-of-kids-drinks-snacks-could-contain-high-levels-of-lead/
For a list of who passed and who didn’t (pdf file): http://www.envirolaw.org/documents/ProductsTestedforLeadFINAL.pdf
admin answers:
No, I’m not. My daughter doesn’t drink much juice and doesn’t eat fruit out of a can except when they have it at school parties or on the rare occasion that I just have her buy lunch rather than pack it.
I kind of have to smirk at the picture on the first link of the girl sipping out of an “organic” juice box.
Packaged foods are inherently less healthy than foods in more raw states. We aren’t health nuts by any means, but isn’t a lot of this common sense?
The last lead test my daughter had came back normal. I’m sure we’re all getting exposure in hundreds of other forms.
Richard asks…
please can any one help me in this project?
Hi, I am a student from Oman specializing in environmental engineering. Now days I am working on a project that deals with Khor [(English: estuary) is a landlocked body of water in the form of a semi-enclosed bay, the river is fed by several rivers or on the one hand, and is attached to the sea on the other hand, when mixed with salt water to freshwater]. This khor (Khor Kashmir) is located in Sohar which is a coastal city in my country. Last January a proposal was submitted to the responsible government agency for developing Khor Kashmir of Sohar as a bird-watching site. Khor Kashmir has dried out due to disconnection from the sea. This Khor is located near the fish market in Sohar and that was the first time it was disconnected from the sea then fishing harbor was built around the area and eventually the Cornish road was made. As there is still underground water table that might contain fresh or brackish water, the Khor is retaining it diverse plant life. If the water flow between the Khor and the sea can be reinstated there will be a natural habitat for shore birds to come along as witnessed during the last rain events when water pools got formed and there will be a potential for the Khor to develop as tourist attraction.
My questions are:
Should the scope include a tourism survey to determine demand?
Should the project include a bird survey or do you think there is enough information about birds at the site from existing records?
Should the project end with detailed drawings?
Should the project examine options to i) open the khor entrance, ii) keep it open?
admin answers:
Your training in engineering may be otherwise excellent but it seems to have left out one practical aspect. Always include any studies you can get funded for. You might have to hire temporary help to do this. That’s a relatively cheap way to determine the value of the consultants for future work. In addition, the company makes money on everyone they hire. I have been flown, at company expense, from the US to the Middle East for environmental impact work and I am sure that the company made a lot of money from my expertise, such as it is.
A few other notes. Surveys can quantify the cost-benefit analysis and are probably more often right than wrong. A good biologist will do both a field survey and a literature survey; there may have been changes. Always have drawings. Politicians rarely read but some look at pictures. Always consider all possible options, no matter what you think of them.
Mandy asks…
i need a help in my project?
Hi, I am a student from Oman specializing in environmental engineering. Now days I am working on a project that deals with Khor [(English: estuary) is a landlocked body of water in the form of a semi-enclosed bay, the river is fed by several rivers or on the one hand, and is attached to the sea on the other hand, when mixed with salt water to freshwater]. This khor (Khor Kashmir) is located in Sohar which is a coastal city in my country. Last January a proposal was submitted to the responsible government agency for developing Khor Kashmir of Sohar as a bird-watching site. Khor Kashmir has dried out due to disconnection from the sea. This Khor is located near the fish market in Sohar and that was the first time it was disconnected from the sea then fishing harbor was built around the area and eventually the Cornish road was made. As there is still underground water table that might contain fresh or brackish water, the Khor is retaining it diverse plant life. If the water flow between the Khor and the sea can be reinstated there will be a natural habitat for shore birds to come along as witnessed during the last rain events when water pools got formed and there will be a potential for the Khor to develop as tourist attraction.
My questions are:
Should the scope include a tourism survey to determine demand?
Should the project include a bird survey or do you think there is enough information about birds at the site from existing records?
Should the project end with detailed drawings?
Should the project examine options to i) open the khor entrance, ii) keep it open?
admin answers:
1. Tourism survey: I’m not sure how valuable this will be. People often cannot imagine what a development will be like before it is started, so they will be basing their answers to you on what the place looks like now. Since I don’t know what it looks like now, or how you envision it in the future, I can’t guess as to how your survey would come out, and whether it would truly reflect the demand generated from the project.
2. Bird survey: This depends on the depth of the previous bird surveys, and how well established the area is as a place for bird watching. If you already have a good survey from a respected individual or institution, you probably don’t need another, unless it was done a very long time ago. If you have reason to believe new species are now visiting the area, especially if those species can be a big tourist draw, you should document those species. (Such species, either due to size or unusual appearance, are informally described by biologists as “charismatic fauna.”)
3. It is always a good idea to include drawings as to how the place will look in the future. Technical detail may not be necessary at this point.
4. Definitely explore options. Even when one option is clearly superior to others, it’s a good idea to show why your preferred option is best. People like the idea that they have had input into what is being done.
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