{"id":40601,"date":"2018-07-18T23:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T03:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40601"},"modified":"2018-07-18T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T03:19:04","slug":"wednesdays-video-jewelry-industry-career-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/wednesdays-video-jewelry-industry-career-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s Video: Jewelry Industry Career Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had such a good response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/youre-invited-to-the-gia-career-fair-and-ill-be-there\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last Friday&#8217;s talk at the Gemological Institute of America Career Fair<\/a> that I decided to redo it on video for people who couldn&#8217;t attend the event in person. Whether you&#8217;re a bench jewelry or a would-be designer, I&#8217;ve got recommendations for you. There are also some thoughts that apply to any kind of career: For instance, don&#8217;t be shy about following up on casual-sounding conversations. Another point I make is that while it&#8217;s great to be born into a well-connected family &#8212; really great, to be honest &#8212; that&#8217;s no guarantee of long-term success.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBt2sP977cE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I made a similar point about &#8220;having it made&#8221; job-wise in yesterday&#8217;s video, in which I discussed the meaning of industry awards.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXDF-DbX7Ro\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t my hair looking extra-fabulous in both of the new videos? That&#8217;s thanks to last week&#8217;s haircut by my longtime hair guru, Keith Carpenter. You can catch up on my hair inspiration and adventures with Keith through the video I posted just a day before I saw him. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sTC3XrKSjKc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I should add a coda to that video to include the latest variation on my mullet because I love it so much.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlUfHWOhPvJ\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"9\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.5% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlUfHWOhPvJ\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Mullet length progressing! #mullets #mullethairdontcare #longhairdontcare #keratintreatment #hairstyles #hairinspiration #haircuts &#8230; hair by @keithcarpenterhair<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wendybrandes\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Wendy Brandes<\/a> (@wendybrandes) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-07-17T04:54:31+00:00\">Jul 16, 2018 at 9:54pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for making me feel like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/hairstyles-i-have-loved-forevah\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rock star<\/a>, Keith!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had such a good response to last Friday&#8217;s talk at the Gemological Institute of America Career Fair that I decided to redo it on video for people who couldn&#8217;t attend the event in person. Whether you&#8217;re a bench jewelry or a would-be designer, I&#8217;ve got recommendations for you. There are also some thoughts that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/wednesdays-video-jewelry-industry-career-advice\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[669,25,567,1291],"tags":[1603,1604],"class_list":["post-40601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-about-wendy","category-business","category-get-smart","category-video-about-wendy","tag-business-advice","tag-jewelry-career","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40601"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40608,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40601\/revisions\/40608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}