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How I teach myself new digital content skills using cake!
Our blog manager here at Firehead is Fiona Cullinan, who jumped from print journalism in 2000 to become a freelance digital editor and producer. Here she explains how she keeps her training current in the digital space with no employer to fund her development and little budget to play with. As a long-time freelancer, I [...]
8 ways to stay ahead of the career curve in 2012
So 2012 is here! The year is fresh and full of promise and most of us are plotting for it to be a good one by setting new goals. Last January, we posted Six devious tricks for New Year career success, offering tricks to overcome New Year Resolution fails. This year, we’re taking it a [...]
The Ultimate Xmas Tech Comm Book Guide
If all you want for Christmas is a good book, then how about one that helps you get on in your career? In this digital age, most people don’t think of books but, let’s face it, they’re much easier to unwrap at Christmas than a Kindle e-book. So, as today is Cyber Monday, when shoppers [...]
Interview with a… UX Consultant
We’re delighted to welcome Chris Atherton, a super-smart user experience consultant from the UK, to our job interview series which delves deeper into the content and comms roles that Firehead recruits for. What does being a UX specialist involve exactly, what experience is desirable and what are the pay scales? All will be revealed… What [...]
Interview with a… Web Content Editor
Firehead’s interview series on jobs we recruit for continues with Ali Turnbull, a leading content editor and strategist based in the north of England. What does being a content editor involve, what skills do you need to get into web editing and how much does it pay? What is your job title? To the taxman [...]
Interview with a… Software Content Strategist
Ever wanted to go behind the scenes of your ideal job and see what’s involved? In Firehead’s ‘Interview with a…’ series, we are talking to people in content strategy, technical communications and a number of other job titles that we recruit for. We’re also looking for more interviewees, so scroll to the end for an [...]
The content person’s guide to conference networking (pt 2)
After yesterday’s conference networking guide for content people (pt 1), which featured 10 tips for ultimate conference networking, here is some solid grounding that I think applies to everyone in all situations when networking: Be professional First impressions are based on both professional and personal factors. Make sure, when you present yourself, both sides look [...]
The content person’s guide to conference networking (pt 1)
Recently I read a really great post about networking at conferences called How to Connect a Conference: Or, I Can’t See your IQ From Across the Room by Jason Seiden. It’s fantastic. Jason writes for a marketing and HR crowd but he got me thinking about technical communicators and web content people, how we network [...]
Interview with a… Technical Editor
We love our new ‘Interview with a…’ series because it lets us go behind the scenes of various job titles that we recruit for. Next up we talk to Theresa Cameron, a technical editor based in Paris. Firehead is the market leader in Europe for tech comms recruitment, so we jumped at the chance to [...]