Permission Granted to Change the World

The revolutionary career research platform, uwannadu, is taking another step in helping you plan your future. As someone once said, "It's coming anyway, so you might as well plan for it."

We already offer thousands of job opportunities, but uwannadu is much more than a simple jobs board. In addition to our fun five-minute Interest Quiz, which suggests careers based on your personal interests, we profile thousands of awesome careers so you can make the best decision of your life. We now also offer insight into what it is actually like to work for leading companies who hire the careers you are exploring.

Now you can explore and compare the inner workings of the corporate cultures of great companies where your skills are needed. Discover the ones that suit you, and apply to their open positions with a click. You've done your homework and targeted your approach. Recruiters appreciate that.

So this week, uwannadu is proud to highlight the ground breaking non-profit firm, Ashoka, and put the spotlight on 4 careers where you can be a "change-maker". They build networks of pattern-changing social innovators and select high-impact entrepreneurs to creatively solve some of the worlds biggest social challenges. Ashoka believes that there is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur.

Does this sound exciting to you? Do you see where the world could benefit from your ideas, but never knew what to do about it? Well that was yesterday, NOW you know what to do.

Learn more about Ashoka by viewing their profile on uwannadu. Watch videos of key employees offering insight into their daily work life at Ashoka. It's all free. It's just one more way uwannadu helps you make the right career choice. We believe to thrive and really make a positive difference, you should do what you wanna do. You just need to discover what career matches your passions. 

Explore thousands of other careers and discover exactly what YOU wanna do 

at uwannadu.com

Graphic Design is a lot of fun!

We are a visual culture.

Even cats respond to graphics.

We place great importance on the visual. 

Images can influence our emotions, trigger memories and even trick our senses. We are constantly swayed this way and that by an endless barrage of imagery. Having a good understanding of how people are likely to react to visual stimuli is an important yet sometimes overlooked skill in being a good Graphic Designer. 

From and mood of colors to the use of negative space (the "empty" area around shapes). Graphic Designers must consider a whole range of issues when approaching a visual solution for any given project. From budget, to technical constraints of the delivery method, all the while serving to express the message or have the intended effect on as many people as possible within the targeted audience. It's a challenge to do it well time after time. 

But meeting those challenges can be a source of fun and inspiration.

The late Storm Thorgerson's iconic cover for Pink Floyd's THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Another exciting thing for a Graphic Designer is to see their work embraced on a large scale by the public. To witness their work mass produced by the thousands and pasted on walls all over the world can offer a great sense of pride. To have their work outlast themselves is an honor sadly no artist gets to savor, but it is still a great accomplishment.

Many artists are shy and are happy to let their art speak for them. They would much rather have their work be famous, all the while keeping their treasured personal anonymity. Many of you may know the album cover above, but did you know the artist who designed it? (No, it wasn't Pink Floyd. See caption.) The artist was happy to know you liked his work, regardless of the fact you did not know his name.

Bryant is a Graphic Designer. An "Environmental" Graphic Designer to be exact.

VIEW HIS OVERVIEW VIDEO HERE

There are MANY MANY different kinds of designers as nearly EVERYTHING these days needs to be designed, presented, packaged, and branded in some fashion. And it's likely to only increase over time as new media streams develop. It's the rare profession where literally ANYONE with a developed talent and the right ideas can enjoy great success. There's no such thing as perfect, but practice makes MUCH MUCH BETTER. Have you answered your calling?    

What do uwannadu?

Hear much more from Bryant about his career choice.  Explore thousands of other careers and discover what YOU wanna do at uwannadu.com

Wanna Be a Real Hero?

When there's danger...

Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-man.

What do they all have in common? Brightly colored Spandex? Well maybe, but that's not the point. They ALL use their super skills to help people and save lives. Sadly those characters are works of fiction. Fun... yes. But real... not so much.

... to the rescue!

But did you know there ARE super heroes in real life? Yep. We call them Paramedic Firefighters. And they use their awesome skills to help people and save lives every day. From administering life support and rescue services to even occasionally delivering babies. They are the first responders to arrive, stabilize medical patients on scene, and provide transport to a hospital for definitive care.

Udana is a Paramedic Firefighter. With a good head on her shoulders and a degree in micro-biology, she loves her career decision. It's a job that truly makes a difference we all can be thankful for. So although we may not read comic books about them, or watch them glide across the silver screen, Paramedic Firefighters are quietly busy saving our lives every day. It takes someone with nerves of steel. A warm caring heart. And the flexibility to deal with any situation to be a Paramedic Firefighter... and that sounds pretty super to us at uwannadu. Have you answered your calling?    

What do uwannadu?

Hear much more from Udana about her career choice.  Explore thousands of other careers and discover what YOU wanna do at uwannadu.com