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| Some Career Tips for Joining The Start-up Economy |
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| Written by Mun Ghaleb |
| Tuesday, 08 September 2009 15:50 |
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by Dave Morgan, Thursday, August 13, 2009, 1:01 PM
Earlier this week, we learned from the Federal Reserve that the U.S. economy appears to be stabilizing. That's the very good news. The not-so-good news is that many analysts expect the recovery to be a "jobless" one, at least for the next two years, and likely longer. Thus, while the economy may start coming back later this year and early next, we shouldn't expect real job growth for some time. This is not good news for folks looking for jobs or thinking about career changes -- particularly for those in the media and ad industry, since our sector generally lags behind the overall economy by the better part of a year. However, as media and marketing companies continue to be disrupted by the Internet and digital technologies, we will certainly see a lot of "green-shoot" growth at small companies, particularly start-ups. I generally spend between 10% to 20% of my time talking to folks about their careers -- either giving advice about potential job moves, talking up opportunities in new media and start-ups generally, or specifically recruiting folks to Simulmedia. I like doing this. I think it's important to do. Given how key start-ups are to the future of our industry, I thought it might be helpful to share some of the career tips that I give those who are considering joining start-up companies. Here they are: |
KCLCS
The Computing Society (CS) is a group of students composed of full-time Undergraduate and Postgraduate Computer Science students dedicated to education and professional development in the area of computer science, as well as providing academic and social activities to its members.
King's College London Computing Society (KCLCS) is a new established society and was founded in March 2008 by Mun Ghaleb and a number of first year students. Over the duration of planning and discussions with department the Society gained other key committee members (Max and Rani) as well as many other members. (Please check out Committee Members ).
Mission Statement
Aims & Objectives
- Present more opportunities to broaden knowledge and interests of members with topics related to Computer Science.
Provide external sources of knowledge through events such as having guest speakers, professors, workshops and representatives from different companies in the industry of technology speak to students about interesting and relevant information to Computer Science.
Promote socialisation amongst the society members, including the University lecturers and staff in a more informal environment than in lectures.
Provide opportunities and activities that will develop members as a part of a group in and outside the context of Computer Science
