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Neuroscience & the 3 Laws of Branding

Branding aims to impact people’s choices. Whenever we decide on something, certain parts of our brain are hard at work recalling past experiences and associations we have between brands and the criteria we use to make a selection.  Neuroscience can help explain why certain branding strategies are more effective than...

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The Complete Guide to UX Copywriting

The text you see on websites and apps isn’t an afterthought. It’s all designed and tested to guide you along the path that the UX designer and creative team want you to take. A UX copywriter’s responsibility is to find the words and text that will suit the intended...

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How Many Hours Should You Work Per Week?

We currently live in an overworked culture. Staying late at the office, taking on multiple jobs, and heaping tons of additional projects on top of an already hefty workload are all seen as respectable parts of “the grind,” which itself has acquired a nearly moral attachment in the general...

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Finding the Perfect Candidate for the Job

Attracting the right candidate shortens the hiring process and saves big on costs. How can businesses hope to accomplish this goal reliably with each new posting? It’s not always easy to find exactly what you’re looking for. Candidates may not have the requisite experience or perhaps the whole job market...

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Is There Really a Generational Divide at Work?

Five generations make up the current workforce. A larger percentage of sixty-plus people are working now than ever before. On the other end of the spectrum, young people are starting their careers earlier thanks to early and continuous access to the internet and computers to branch out from traditional...

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Types of Creativity & How They Work Together

Some creatives use a paintbrush while others use musical instruments or coding software. Even with the same tools, ideas can take shape in radically different ways depending on who holds the tools. Creativity takes many forms. Understanding how ideas can manifest themselves is key to successfully combining creatives on projects...

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Onboarding & Offboarding Tips

Staffing changes are an inevitable part of business. Ensuring employees integrate with the existing team and company structure is vital for a successful entry. New hires need to be welcomed and exiting employees seen off amicably each and every time. Although onboarding is an automatic assumption because new hires need...

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What is an Information Architect?

Information is practically currency in the UX world. It’s not only user data that companies covet to make better products. Users are also searching for information of some kind whenever they access the internet or use one of the countless apps or software products that rely on it. Websites and...

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Mastering the Exit Interview

Exit interviews are given far less consideration than traditional job interviews. For many employees and managers, the exit interview is little more than a formality on the way out the door. Glaring mistakes might be pointed out, but it’s more likely that people on both sides of the exchange...

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