Ask a Manager

AUGUST 8, 2022

I was applying to jobs in advertising and I put the following paragraph in my cover letter. As you can imagine, bringing creativity to a financial software company is like bringing the Pope to an orgy… not so much appreciated by the operations manager or the software developer.) Read an update to this letter here.

Creativity 43

Creativity Software Training Problem-Solving 43

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 16, 2019

I was hired here a few months out of school and have worked hard to learn everything I can about my field (marketing and advertising). And it’s not like you’d be suggesting browsing a vending machine or something; coffee is a super common networking thing and might solve the problem. Resumes with no contact info.

Networking 20

Networking Mailing Problem-Solving Software 20

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

But if this doesn’t solve it, then the conversation with your own boss needs to be “I’m finding we’re not able to reliably do XYZ because my team gets pulled away so often for urgent requests from the CEO,” followed by a discussion about solutions to that (more staff? Let me know, though, if it’s more time-sensitive than that.”.

Interviewing 23

Interviewing Sales Prioritization Problem-Solving 23

The Receptionist

MARCH 12, 2024

Solutions to Problems We face a lot of challenges, both as businesses and as individuals. Technology has helped solve a lot of those problems. Jobs There’s no denying that the rapid emergence of computers in the 90s created countless jobs Suddenly, the world needed software engineers, developers, graphic designers, and more.

Problem-Solving 237

Problem-Solving Technology Computer Software 237

Work Life

APRIL 28, 2024

Embrace creativity Ingrained in my brain are the eyes of my disappointed Latina mother when I told her I was switching majors from social work to advertising design. I exclusively worked in general market advertising, even though I was a bicultural Hispanic. I felt her heartache as she brought up her “Coming to America” journey.

Mentoring 98

Mentoring Creativity Salary Coaching 98

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

No — that’s too short-term to strengthen your candidacy in any meaningful way, and you’ll just end up having to answer questions about what happened there (which isn’t necessarily a problem in itself, but in this case there’s no payoff in exchange for doing that, so there’s no point). Should I talk to her about the problems?

Interviewing 38

Interviewing Salary Problem-Solving Sales 38

Work Life

JANUARY 20, 2025

When Accenture chair and CEO Julie Sweet asked advertising veteran David Droga to run the consulting giants marketing services business in 2021, no one was more surprised than Droga himself: I remember thinking, Thats ridiculous! It was more like, What business problem are we trying to solve? he recalls. Census Bureau.

Leadership 75

Leadership Advertising Creativity Technology 75

Work Life

MARCH 18, 2025

For Notion, its all about providing the building blocks and consolidating the different tools and software into one simple product. Zoom and Lucid Software continue to make hybrid collaboration easierno matter if its verbal or visual. The creators of workplace management software Asana fall into the latter category.

Problem-Solving 75

Problem-Solving Software Coaching Prioritization 75

Work Life

MARCH 18, 2025

Products grow when they are actually good and they solve customer pain points, Yona says. Weve selected the companies making the biggest impact across 58 categories, including advertising , applied AI , biotech , retail , sustainability , and more. Were building the TurboTax of shutting down.

Retail 68

Retail Networking Sales Banking 68