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These Days, Recruiters Are Worth the Money
When it comes to sourcing the right interview candidates, I’ve never been keen to use recruiters. But I recently changed my mind. My company, Metal Mafia, has an excellent candidate screening process, a super training program, and a very successful team of employees to show for it. But hiring has always been a difficult task
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Arch 4+ yrs. April through Oct. Revit skills required, experience in Higher Education market segment preferred but not required. Experience in SD through CD phases of documentation and 3-D/Graphic presentation skills. Arch 4+ yrs. Approximately mid April start. AutoCAD documentation skills. Ability to translate/apply existing Construction Documents and Details to a new plan configuration. Health
When the East Outsources to the West
By connecting the dots in the media, markets, nations, books etc. one can generate ideas and spot trends. Today I shall connect dots from various sectors e.g. nations, projects, architects etc. with the purpose of doing news analysis and spotting the hot zones in the current market for architects. The analysis would be of the times
NYT: Architecture Down…My Response..but not out
Last month, the New York Times published an article discussing how while college is a great investment, a major in Architecture is not one. Because the unemployment rates for architecture graduates were the highest, that was the major to make the enemy. Let us forget the fact that the return on investment is not only
Pentagram: new york city’s redesigned parking signs
All I can say is did we really need to do this? Full article via design boom
Freelance architecture and design consultants the wave of the future?
In the “old days,” a firm might turn down a project because it didn’t have the necessary staff to handle it properly. Today, firms can maintain a lean staff in lean times and hire freelance consultants when business picks up. In the process they can hire people with the particular skills needed for particular jobs.
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NYC resident architects – all levels. Please send your resume and work samples to [email protected]. Perm and temp.
City Council committee backs NYU expansion
A New York City Council committee has approved a modified version of a plan to add four new buildings to New York University in Greenwich Village. The Land Use Committee voted 19-1 Tuesday in favor of a 1.9-million-square-foot expansion plan. The proposal was reduced about 20 percent since it was presented to a public hearing
After 40 years, huge project gets 1st green light
Community Board 3 voted in favor of a plan to turn seven city-owned acres just south of the Williamsburg Bridge into a 1.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development. After more than 40 years, the massive Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Project in the Lower East Side moved one important step closer to becoming a reality Tuesday evening when
Cliff-hanger house nails top prize
Cliff House, Halifax architect Brian MacKay-Lyons’ creation, has won his firm its sixth Governor General’s medal. Since Christmas, the firm has won 14 national and international design awards. A modest wooden house soaring over a rocky cliff has earned Nova Scotia architect Brian MacKay-Lyons a 2012 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture. “We’re still the only
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