The required text for this class is  a practical etiquette guide by career coach Barbara Pachter. Her blog can be found at This is a practical etiquette guide by career coach Barbara Pachter.

How to Eat, Greet and Tweet your way to Success © 2013 by Barbara Pachter

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Other readings in this class  are updated each semester from publications such as AdAge, Wired, Fast Company, Crain’s Business, Bloomberg Business Week, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. 

 Information covered in class about the Industry Job Market for Design Professionals will be drawn from a wide range of courses including government sites such as the U.S. Bureau of  Labor Statistics, The Department of Labor in New York State,  as well as websites such as Robert Half,  GlassDoor, Vault, Fairygodboss and Lightcast. 

Additional suggested texts for this class are:

Creative Strategy and the Business of Design by Douglas Davis © 2016 by How Publications.

The Psychology of Graphic Design Pricing: Price creative work with confidence. Win more bids. Make more money. by Michael Janda © 2019

Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff They Don’t Teach you in Design School but Should by Michael Janda © 2013

Design is  Job: The Necessary Second Edition  by Mike Monteiro © 2019 Available in zine form at the author’s own website, Design is a Job. Sample Chapter may be viewed here.

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