Job search advice for 2009
In light of the troubling economic climate and tightening job market, what is the one thing that job-seekers must do in order to be successful in landing a good job in 2009? Exhaust All Options Tell...
View Article3,000 Miles Away: But Not That Far Apart
52 LTD. Now in PDX and NYC. And newly designed at 52LTD.com. For years, 52 LTD has helped fill the creative resourcing needs of ad agencies, design firms and other creative companies around the...
View ArticleTwo Creatively Unique Cities Resourced By One Unique Company
Introducing 52 LTD, creative resourcing from New York to Portland. Portland, Oregon and New York City. While different in many ways, they are two cities where creative is king and creative expression...
View ArticleResume Re-do?
Here at 52 Limited, we see a lot of resumes. Many of them very well done… some over done… and some a tad too vanilla. You’re a creative right? Well, look like it. The hard part is: what does a good...
View ArticleFrom the Woods.. to the Tall Grass
By Ashley ‘Findley’ Diehl, 52LTD PDX The recession is over!! Right? Uh…well, I guess that kinda depends. IF you’re highly connected designer, WITH a killer (and I’m talkin’ “holy shit that’s insanely...
View ArticlePortland on the DL Could We Use a Little Bling Bling?
Unpretentious, relaxed, quirky, and fiercely independent, Portland’s creative community is very much on the down low in terms of nationwide visibility. Even though our agencies consistently garner...
View ArticleAlways and Never
By Patricia Beasock, Talent Manager Two words I dislike personally, and dislike even more professionally. I try not to use them if at all possible. Generally speaking… a term such as these is so...
View ArticleThere’s No “I” in Team: Traits of a (Relatively) Argument-Free Working Team
We’ve all been part of a team at some time in our lives. For some of us it started just after toddlerhood when our folks swore we were the next child prodigy tee-ball player. I’d say for the large...
View ArticleA Water Route Across the Continent: Formation of Creative Ideas
There are at least two ways for ideas to develop. You can build an idea out of known facts or an idea can develop seemingly out of the unknown. Building an idea is by addition and subtraction, an...
View ArticleCome on in, the water is more than fine!
I gotta tell ya, we have one of the best jobs around. Every day we get to meet and work with amazingly talented artists, designers, and big thinkers. One of our favorites is the lovely Mia Nolting. You...
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