DIA Design Guild Staff

Apprenticeship

Apprentice Program - Week of August 12th, 2024 (WK33)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? One thing I miss not working is the sense of community and striving for a common goal. Job searching is lonely. Even with support groups and job search circles you are still ultimately on your own. Job searching is like hunting a

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Apprentice Program - Week of July 29th, 2024 (WK31)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Resumes. They are a lot of work. I read an interesting factoid today. “If you're applying to a role with the title "x" and required skills "a, b, and c", all 4 of those pieces of

Apprentice Program - Week of July 15th, 2024 (WK29)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I’m re-reading one of my favorite design books. No, it is not The Design of Everyday Things. It is How Design Makes the World by Scott Berkun. One of the great parts of the book is that each chapter starts with

Apprentice Program - Week of July 1st, 2024 (WK27)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I’ve been thinking a lot about questions. Questions are not just for interviews, but for life as well. While I do think about the meaning of life a lot, that is not the type of life questions I am talking about

Apprentice Program - Week of June 17, 2024 (WK25)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Goals. Both setting and accomplishing them. A goal is to go after something you want, hopefully something you are passionate about. How are you setting yourself up for success? How do you know when you have reached that goal? How are you

Apprentice Program - Week of June 03, 2024 (WK23)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately. As in how to create a sense of community. First we must define community: “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” I think we

Apprentice Program - Week of May 20, 2024 (WK21)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? I hope everyone’s mentor mentee relationship is going well and you are making progress. I’ve been thinking a lot about balance lately. Balancing work and personal life. I’ve never been good at it. One thing is always proportionately taking

Apprentice Program - Week of May 6, 2024 (WK19)

What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Ugh, the job search. It is not fun and it can be a full-time job. This is definitely the hardest market I have seen in the 25 years of my career. So remember, it is not a rejection of you personally. So

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Case Study

2023 Apprentice Program Research

A case study describing DIA’s 2023 apprentice program research, our process, and what we found.

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