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Any suggestions?

If you want a job it’s really simple, find a different career. I’ll pass on the $30k/year entry level position.

Study the Alhambra in Spain and the mathematical / non human designs in it.  Many books have been written on this and similar Moorish architecture and will offend no party.  From the arrangement of buildings to a screen piercing the Muslim based design ideas can inspire you, hopefully.  As chaos can lead to order, in modern physics, so chaos can…[Read more]

Have you tried Viagra?…….

Hi Monica, 
 
Yes, we still have a couple spaces left!  We look forward to seeing your info and hopefully having you join us.  
 
Thanks, 
Pete Stam 

Perhaps you could list some details of the specific jobs that would entice one to the nursery industry.
 
This is going to sound a little bit like “what’s wrong with my ficus?” at a cocktail party to a lot of people. Is there a specific job description that you know of?

Sounds fascinating.  Are you still accepting applications for this program?  Through the website it seems to still be allowing my to apply, but I just wanted to confirm that there is still space before I filled anything out.

My portfoliio is text free, but I have created an 8 page marketing slick for myself in inDesign and Photoshop that is sent via e-mail highlighting particular projects with a paragraph or two of text. This is what I send for an “online portfolio” in order to give the prospective employer and idea of the role I had in the design, when it was b…[Read more]

I actually have my portfolio arranged to showcase specific skills.  The first pages are for hand illustration, then categories for photoshop, landscape design, planning, 3d modeling, etc.  I lead with my best work as others have mentioned.  I figure since I have little experience and hiring managers will be looking at a hundred other portfolios I…[Read more]

I guess….they taught this stuff  in school 40 years ago….

True, many industry BMPs have for quite some time been aiming to achieve similar results as the LEED certification process, though in many areas, LEED encourages going above and beyond those BMPs.  The goals of LEED are also different in the regard that industry BMPs are aimed at cost savings, not necessarily environmental protection.
Though it…[Read more]

I agree that it is not needed, but in a field where you are only as good as your PR it never hurts to have another set of letters.

Yes the LEED AP designation (people are accredited, projects are certified) is very much a marketing tool, in a similar fashion to professional credentialing (e.g. the RLA designation), as information to clients who don’t know you, that you have been qualified by an independent agency as minimally competent in the realm of sustainable design.  In…[Read more]

I need to correct myself, if you take the exam route to gaining a “specialty” designation, you can choose from any of the categories.  However if you take the credentialing route, you are locked into the BD+C track.

In these days of digital portfolios…it might be wise to focus your portfolio on:
1) the specific job opportunity and company; and,
2) your own objectives for pursuing the opportunity.
 
Your work that addresses the opportunity requirements most directly should be shown first. This shows respect for the time of the person interviewing you; and…[Read more]

I have done a major leed job without leed cert., so I am wondering what is so important abot leed if you don’t  need it….is the main idea that it makes you marketable to those that don’t  know?
Just asking….
 
 

Whatever you do, put your best, most impressive projects first.

I am keeping my legacy LEED AP and not going for a specialty at this time. The continuing education requirements seem rather cumbersome and do not overlap well with my continuing ed requirements for licensure. I have enough time and expense invested in credential maintenance right now, I do not feel like I need more of that at this time.

After going through the time and commitment to do the LARE Exams my family has banned me from tests for a while. However if I were to take the tests I would do the ND test.