7 Essential Strategies to Create Quality Projects Under Tight Deadlines

ALC Training News: Successful project management require you to manage numerous moving parts. Add to the mix strict deadlines and you’ll have little room to make mistakes. With a detailed project plan and smart project management tools however, you can achieve your project goals and fulfil the required quality standards.

Four well-meaning pieces of career advice you want to ignore

www.fastcompany.com: The science of career success is well-established. There are thousands of academic studies comparing the power of a variety of factors that predict performance and achievement across all possible jobs and careers. Unfortunately, it is usually ignored by those who provide actual career advice to the wider public.

7 Very Best Job Sites on The Web to Help You Advance Your Career

www.lifehack.org: You may already know that you’re good in your field, but you need to know more. Here’s what I mean: Write down your soft and hard skills. Hard skills are ones that are more technical and taught in a classroom. For example, learning to read, write, math problems and so on. Soft skills relate to the way you interact with others. So, the way you interact with your team and friends determine which soft skills you have.

Michael Kahn's successor named: London visionary director Simon Godwin

DC Theatre Scene: The Shakespeare Theatre Company has ended its nearly year-long hunt for Artistic Director Michael Kahn’s successor with the appointment of London’s National Theatre Associate Director Simon Godwin, the company announced yesterday.

How to create an elevator pitch that doesn’t sound cheesy

www.fastcompany.com: At its best, an elevator pitch is a pithy, memorable answer to the dreaded, “Tell me about yourself.” At its worst, it’s cheesy, jargon-filled nonsense. (e.g., I’m not a writer. I’m a “word crafter on a mission to eradicate sentence-ending prepositions from the planet.”)

What to do once you realize your new job sucks

www.fastcompany.com: You probably took your new job with high hopes, wanting it to be someplace where you’d learn, thrive, and make a contribution. But it hasn’t turned out that way.

30 Under 30: Hailey Featherstone, Lighting Tech/FOH Tech

www.livedesignonline.com: Surrounded by light all her life, Hailey Featherstone was practically raised backstage, eyeballing the lighting cues of her father, John Featherstone, principal at Lightswitch. Since then, she has gone from strength to strength and transitioned from a successful college design path at Arizona State University under the tutelage of Jake Pinholster, to a successful career, working with artists as diverse as Paul McCartney and Beyoncé, and corporate projects for McDonalds and Mercedes Benz. With a talent belying her years, Featherstone will be one to watch in the years ahead.

Want success? Be prepared to fail

LinkedIn: “No pain, no gain” is a mantra for many people who exercise, motivating them to lose weight or get in shape.

Yet in other facets of our lives, we reflexively avoid pain, adversity and even uncertainty. A potential entrepreneur may hesitate to launch a startup because it could fail. A student may avoid law school for fear of the bar exam. Or a leader not open to new ideas could hinder a company’s ability to capitalize on opportunities.

Include these things in your resume to get the recruiter’s attention

www.fastcompany.com: Did you know that–on average–recruiters and hiring managers spend only seven seconds reading your resume before signing you up for an interview–or tossing that precious piece of paper in the trash? That’s not a lot of time to impress a potential employer. But the slush pile doesn’t have to be your job-search fate.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Career Advice for Aspiring Artists

mymodernmet.com: American architecture was forever changed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Throughout his storied career, which spanned more than 70 years, Wright not only created unique styles of architecture, but helped teach future generations of architects. In fact, it was his teaching that sustained him during periods of inactivity when he failed to win building commissions.

Some majors are quite minor

News, Sports, Jobs - Observer Today: Consider college as an investment. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, roughly half — 53 percent — of students who in 2009 were enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities graduated within six years. Jaison Abel and Richard Dietz of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that in 2010, 62 percent of U.S. college graduates had a job that required a college degree. Thus, roughly a third of students who enroll in college graduate in a reasonable time and get a job that requires a college degree.

New Mini-Course Strikes Chord with Students

News - Carnegie Mellon University: Carving a career path in the music tech industry just became easier for students at Carnegie Mellon University.

A new mini-course, “Inside the Music and Video Technology Industry,” debuted this spring and was a hit among those looking to land unique gigs after graduation.

7 Strategies For Conquering Procrastination And Avoidance

www.fastcompany.com: We’ve all experienced the nagging dread and anxiety that accompanies procrastination. Procrastination (avoiding specific tasks) and avoidance (a more general pattern) can also cause problems in relationships, especially if you make a habit of avoiding things or you routinely ask others to do things for you.

Five Shows with Live Nation New England's Ryan Vangel

Amplify: Ryan Vangel’s trajectory toward becoming the Vice President of Talent Booking for Live Nation New England has had some bumps. When he attended Babson College in Boston wielding a guitar and long hair, the business school wasn’t sure what to do with his desire to work in music.

Lightfair 2018 Keynotes and Impact Speakers Feature Thought Leaders of Design

Architect Magazine: Lightfair 2018 is just around the corner and will take place this May 6 – 10 at McCormick Place in Chicago. As part of the overall conference program, Lightfair has announced a comprehensive lineup of keynote speakers, seminars, workshops, and two, one-day forums dedicated to the topics of smart cities and light and health.

Tour Life: Pros, Cons And Helpful Advice

TheatreArtLife: Life on the road. The subject matter alone evokes strong reactions. If you have ever spent a great length on the tour, you have surely heard other non-thespian types gasp in horror at the lifestyle. “I don’t know how you do it” is always a good one. “I could never live out of a suitcase” is another trusty response. “You have cooked on an electric burner in your hotel room?” Well, one can not live on late night bar food alone. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Questlove Wants You to Start Listening—I Mean Really Listening—Again

www.esquire.com: Questlove is the drummer and front man for the Roots—the Grammy-winning band you’ve seen on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He’s a producer of the Hamilton cast album and has produced for artists ranging from Jay-Z to Elvis Costello to Erykah Badu. He’s also the author of a new book, Creative Quest (HarperCollins), a guide to living your most inventive life.

How to Calculate Your Real Cost of Labor and Use That Number in Your Accounts

Remodeling | Accounting, Percent-Complete Accounting, Labor Burden, Operations: Many remodeling companies that employ their own in-house labor find a successful team of motivated and engaged craftsmen and women provide a significant advantage over companies that work with a primarily trade-based work force. One of the strongest arguments for in-house labor is the ability to better control schedules; another is the ability to develop a powerful team culture to provide an exceptional client experience. Develop this and the company can soar.

Why Hollywood's 'Inclusion Rider' Mania Could Hurt the Equality Cause

Hollywood Reporter: When Frances McDormand uttered the words "inclusion rider" in her acceptance speech at this year's Oscars, Google lit up with folks searching the term. Even the entertainment industry's savviest lawyers had to ask around for the exact meaning and derivation, although most could guess that it had something to do with ensuring diversity through contracts. Two weeks later, an increasing number of production companies are saying they will adopt inclusion riders, while WME co-CEO Ari Emanuel announced inclusion riders have become "imperative."

How to Counteract the 'What Else' Mindset

lifehacker.com: For many of us, checking boxes on a to-do list is a never ending cycle, the key way we measure our productivity and self-worth. And we’re constantly adding new things before we’ve checked off the old.