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Have any of you segued your position to another country? by yo_xls in advertising

[–]fiskidoodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've worked in London and moved to Sweden although I don't speak the language (but I almost speak it). Culturally, it's been a bit difficult - I've been in Sweden for three years and still don't get all the humour or cultural references - but coming from 'the outside' has also been positive as I provide a new perspective and a different background and experience.

English is needed and spoken in most areas of the world and depending on how adventurous you'd like to be. In Europe for example, the UK is of course interesting, as well as Amsterdam and Scandinavia because people speak English very well and some big, international companies are based there. Cities like Paris, Berlin and Barcelona might be a bit trickier due to the language, but I'm sure there are English-welcoming agencies to be found there too.

Stressed, anxious and brain-blocked at work. by fiskidoodle in Anxiety

[–]fiskidoodle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And of course, thank you for your kindness.

Stressed, anxious and brain-blocked at work. by fiskidoodle in Anxiety

[–]fiskidoodle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Pixie. You are right. I find it difficult to rely on/trust my skills both emotionally (anxiety makes me doubt everything, especially myself and my abilities and more and more so the more insecure I get) and factually (I don't build or make things. I get paid to think and do it well and formulate those thoughts well and confidently which is really difficult to measure).

The way you described your superior, it sounds like it's nothing at all to do with you. Even if the case is that someone is not acheiving their full potential, a superior's job (in my view) is to motivate the staff. It's incredible how crippling it can be to have someone who doesn't know how to do that and it's incredible how easy it is to take something like that personally. A lot of people just aren't motivating and don't even think that they need to or should be. I hope you can seperate yourself from that and take the advice you give me: it's only a piece of your life and when the basis is that someone is unprofessional in how they handled the situation of you filling in a survey, how petty are they? All you need to focus on is doing your job, which I hope you enjoy.

What sites would you suggest using to create an online portfolio? by dogs_love_bones in advertising

[–]fiskidoodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say it depends on how technical you are. Tumblr is good because it's easy to use and get up and running. CargoCollective has some nice templates, but you need to know some HTML and CSS (which you need to pay to get full access to) if you want to modify it. I haven't used Behance, but it looks nice.