Jay Smith

Looks good Nick.  The opening sequence really gets your attention.  Everyone seems to be up’ing their game when it comes to online portfolios lately.  I noticed you didn’t include past work experience in your resume.  Is this a security issue?  I’ve seen a lot of people place full resume’s on their public websites, and I just have to wonder how…[Read more]

I’ve often wondered what the difference would be in working for a design-build company owned by a Landscape Architect vs. one that was not.   There are some very specialized Landscape contractors around who do some pretty nice work. 

Actually it does account for full time, part time, contract, volunteer…as well as closely related fields such as Landscape Contractor/Nursery work.   Ideally, I would have broken it down further and added such questions as “were you able to keep that job?”, and also had questions about portfolio submittal methods.  Unfortunately there is a te…[Read more]

The story within the story:  A major U.S. publication actually writing an entire article about Landscape Architecture.

Just want to encourage anyone else who hasn’t participated in this survey to do so soon.  I will probably be posting the results sooner than originally planned. 

You could be right.  Up to 25 after 6 days, so we’ll see.  I’d be happy with 50.

17 and counting….

Yet I find it strangely entertaining.
 

Thanks to the 10 participants so far, keep ’em coming everyone.  At this rate I’ll be able to post the results next week.

Found employment = sought out a job and hired January 2009 or later.  If you managed to hold onto a job obtained prior to 2009, then this survey would not pertain to you.  The purpose is to help anyone looking for employment in our field develop a clearer picture of companies hiring habits during the worst years of the recession/recovery.  In othe…[Read more]

Excellent post Barbara.  The most constructive post on this thread by far. And I think it’s advice that everyone in the profession can heed, whether you’re female, male, gay, straight, black, white, extrovert, introvert, tall, short, southern, northern, rich, poor, etc.   Another poster on here made the point that none of us are truly ‘pure…[Read more]

Any luck yet Ashish?

“Most of my class and the class before and after mine are employed in the profession, some on their second jobs.”
 
Tosh, I have to say this is the first such statement I have heard from a recent graduate in several years.  Usually you hear just the opposite, that no one has been able to find jobs.  Just out of curiousity, where did you and yo…[Read more]

Case in point- after one meeting, i told my boss about the comments and suggestions i’d made, and how the client (architect) and other team members totally dismissed them. I asked him to send a memo to the team reaffirming the suggestions i’d made. All of a sudden, the client was like ‘yeah, ok, that might be a good idea.’ My coworker Beth said…[Read more]

“Lately I’ve been noticing an annoying occurrence on several of the project teams I’m on. On more than one occasion, I’ve been seated at the conference table discussing a project with the entire team (architects, engineers, etc.) and i feel like my voice and opinions and suggestions are totally falling on deaf ears”.
 
Welcome to Landscape…[Read more]

Unbiased? Wow, that is going to be a tall order there. Any article you read is going to have bias. Nobody has a crystal ball either unfortunately, so we are all just going to have to find out at the same time, whenever that is.
 
Chad, I think what you said really goes without saying.  The point was to set the tone for this thread, to enco…[Read more]

Brock, thanks for your reply. I have also been considering going back to school for an MBA. What do you plan on doing specifically with your MBA? And what have your friends done with theirs? I’ve always felt that if I get an MBA, that it could potentially be beneficial in a large LA or Multi-D firm since business and marketing are so key in…[Read more]

With regard to the hiring end of this subject, how much can a potential employer really learn about a candidates personality in a 2 or 3 hour interview?

First impressions are important, but they can be easily misconstrued too. In the firms I’ve worked in, I’ve seen many surprises. Sometimes it’s the more introverted/reserved personalities who…[Read more]

John, I agree that there is only so much one can say about the situation, and at some point it becomes counter productive. I guess the point I was trying to make was that the overall Vibe on the Land8 lounge forum to me isn’t a true representation of the state of our profession today, and I find that fustrating at times. Overall, it’s a great site…[Read more]

There is a similar discussion going on in another forum in this thread link:

http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/landscape-architect/landscape-architect-job-opportunities-growing-declining/t4555

To be honest, as much as I love land8, I’m surprised there isn’t more discussion here / more threads on the unbelievable crises that has hit our…[Read more]