{"id":978,"date":"2018-11-14T17:02:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/?p=978"},"modified":"2018-11-16T00:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T00:08:03","slug":"getting-a-job-101-with-alum-becca-hallstedt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/getting-a-job-101-with-alum-becca-hallstedt\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting A Job 101 (with Alumni Becca Hallstedt)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 26px; color: #3fc4d5;\" align=\"center\"><b>GETTING A JOB 101<br \/>\n<\/b><strong style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\">Presented by Becca Hallstedt (Class of 2017) Freelance Concept and Texture Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">In partnership with <strong>&lt;\/hackerjacks&gt;<\/strong>, Becca Hallstedt, formerly of World of Warcraft at Blizzard as well as Injustice 2 at Netherrealm, led a presentation and discussion\u00a0about techniques around job applications and interviews in the games industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1026\" src=\"http:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeccaGroupPic-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeccaGroupPic-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeccaGroupPic-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeccaGroupPic-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeccaGroupPic-465x358.jpg 465w, https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeccaGroupPic-650x500.jpg 650w, https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeccaGroupPic.jpg 1908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Discussions centered around:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Burnout and mental health<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Active community involvement<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Chicago game development organizations<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Balancing self-criticism and growth against self-deprecation<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Methods of self-care when doing job tests<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Healthy business practices vs. Unhealthy ones, and how to be aware of them<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Portfolios: when it&#8217;s time to remove or add a piece<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Discovering useful job resources to help with website construction and resumes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">A big thank you to Becca Hallstedt and their insights! Becca enjoys pickling vegetables, world-building, and mentoring people about the games industry and its processes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-980\" src=\"http:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/becca-contact.png\" alt=\"IAM alumni Becca Hallstedt\" width=\"248\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">Catch up with <a href=\"http:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/index.php\/2018\/09\/20\/hackerjacks\/\">&lt;\/hackerjacks&gt;<\/a> every other Friday in the IAM Department, Room 139 from 4:00 PM &#8211; 5:00 PM!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-982\" src=\"http:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/hackerjacks-logo-small.png\" alt=\"IAM programming club hackerjacks logo\" width=\"79\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">For questions, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:claudia.jarmakowicz@loop.colum.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">claudia.jarmakowicz@loop.colum.edu<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:parker.hamilton@loop.colum.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">parker.hamilton@loo<\/a><a href=\"mailto:parker.hamilton@loop.colum.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">p.colum.ed<\/a><a href=\"mailto:parker.hamilton@loop.colum.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">u<\/a>. Information can be found in room 122 and via posters around the department!<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GETTING A JOB 101 Presented by Becca Hallstedt (Class of 2017) Freelance Concept and Texture Artist In partnership with &lt;\/hackerjacks&gt;, Becca Hallstedt, formerly of World of Warcraft at Blizzard as well as Injustice 2 at Netherrealm, led a presentation and discussion\u00a0about techniques around job applications and interviews in the games&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/getting-a-job-101-with-alum-becca-hallstedt\/\">Continue Reading<span> Getting A Job 101 (with Alumni Becca Hallstedt)<\/span><\/a><span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/getting-a-job-101-with-alum-becca-hallstedt\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,40,7,38],"tags":[59,49,10,67,35,5,50,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions\/1029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}