Week 6 EOC: Modcloth, Print Designer

I am qualified to be a Print Designer, I have experience in Photoshop, Illustrator, and various types of Art rendering skills. I have knowledge in Digital Textiles Design, Surface Design, and Fashion Sketching. I am very knowledgeable of Modcloth and its Community, for I am a loyal customer. I also have knowledge in Vintage, and trends from ever time period. One of my favorite Pin-up artists is Gil Elvgren.

Print Designer
 Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Company: ModCloth

ModCloth, is a digital-first lifestyle brand that promotes inspiration from personal styles and helps its customers feel like the best version of themselves. ModCloth offers a unique design aesthetic that features feminine silhouettes, bright, and colorful prints. The company designs, as well as sells its own exclusive lines of apparel in a full range of sizes. Modcloth carries a wonderful assortment of fashion and home decor from over a hundred independent designers.

ModCloth is looking for a talented individual to be a Print Designer to join our LA team. The person who qualifies for this role will work along side with the Design team on all aspects of print and pattern design development. This is a new role that will regularly report to the Fashion Director and will collaborate with our Designers for a direct impact on our seasonal print and pattern offerings.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Designers to create original prints and select/update bought and vintage prints as needed to support our seasonal trends and concepts
• Create seasonal and trend appropriate color palettes with our Fashion Director
• Create print packages for all artwork needs for tech pack and product development
• Manage and meet deadlines for artwork development
• Create and subsequently manage the print and pattern library

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in print design within the fashion industry
• Extremely talented hand and computer artist
• Ability to find or create repeats as needed
• Excited to create artworks in a variety of styles and from various inspiration
• Uncanny ability to research trends, techniques, and market changes in print design
• Deep understanding of and interest in vintage periods of prints
• Must have understanding of the ModCloth brand and community

Week 3 EOC: Workplace Fairness

Workplace Fairness would be sponsored by the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), because they can assist in protecting your right as an employee against a company of unfair discrimination. NELA can help build a case and evaluate it, as well as offer any other legal actions one may need in the future as a worker.

Working with Employment Lawyers:

• Do I Need a Lawyer?
• Will a Lawyer Take My Case?
• Find an Employment Attorney

Working with Government Agencies:

• Filing Claims with Government Agencies
• Federal Agencies
• State Agencies

Going to Court:

• Attorney Fees
• Class Actions
• Damages
• Employee Bankruptcy and Lawsuits
• Employer Bankruptcy and Lawsuits
• Mitigation
• Settlements
• Taxation

This is only one out of many options and opportunities that Workplace Fairness offers on their site. They also list information of the following topics that apply to your rights as an employee. Such information as Hiring & Classifications, Discrimination, Harassment & other Workplace Problems, Unpaid Wages/Wage & Hour Problems, Benefits & Leaves, Privacy & Workplace Surveillance, Health & Safety/Workplace Injuries, Whistleblowing & Retaliation, Unions & Collective Action, Termination, And lastly Unemployment.
Termination & Unemployment

Saving Your Job

Leaving Your Job

Wrongful Termination

At-Will Employment

Plant Closings / Mass Layoffs

Severance

References

Coping With Job Loss

Sample References

Federal Employees - Discipline / Removal

Personnel Files

General Information About Unemployment Insurance

Unemployment Eligibility

Unemployment Amount Calculation

Unemployment Appeals

Unemployment Discrimination

Filing an Unemployment Claim in Your State

Another feature Workplace Fairness Offers is Programs, Which state their Publications, Products and Services, Website Tools, Other Programs, and Former Programs.

Job Hunting Resources

"Workplace Fairness understands how difficult a job search is in today’s ever changing economic environment.

We have found some job hunting resources you may wish to consider using in your job quest. We have negotiated with many of these vendors to give you a 10% discount on the services or products you may need in your job search. Not all have agreed at this time; however, we are continually working on this arrangement.

We have also put together a collection of some complimentary services for your review."

I believe that most individuals who visit Workplace Fairness would utilize it for Unemployment Benefit purposes. Since employees and employers can now leave a job without two weeks noticed and without reason. Which happens a lot in many businesses and companies. Definitely a very helpful cite to use in case. 

Week 4 EOC: Hiring, The Main Appealing Factors

Physical attractiveness can be a major factor for the companies branding, for example casinos on the Strip would want attractive women and men for front positions. Depending on the job, I will cover some controllable and uncontrollable situations and ways to manage them. Such issues like tattoos, hygiene, and scars. These are all things we come into contact to when looking for a possible job or position.

"Physical characteristics are defining traits or features about your body. The first thing you see when you look at someone could be their hair, clothes, nose, or figure."

For starters, tattoos could be appropriate if an employee was applying to be a tattoo artist at a local tattoo shop. In other cases, jobs tend to require a employee with ink to cover the tattoos. Same for scars, this would apply if the employee works closely with the customer and clients on a regular basis. Otherwise if an employer were to turn down an employee for scars or tattoo's I suggest looking into the companies policy on these subjects. So one can avoid applying to such a place who ave restrictions.

"There are actual companies who have manufactured and designed tattoo cover-ups for full sleeves."

As for hygiene, it can be a sensitive subject when confronting employee's with. This is usually brought up during orientation, Supervisors are the ones to go to if any question involving the topic of how an employee should look. Supervisors can give gentle reminders is to employee's to keep up with personal grooming. Some could say it is common sense to keep oneself in good condition.

"Dress to Impress."

These are some ideas and examples of handling these factors effectively in the workplace. Ways to fix and avoid certain situations without confrontation. Remember these are things covered during orientation, employee handbooks, and interview. But it is always good to ask questions with your supervisors on such topics. They are always a reliable source, and more informative.

Week 2 EOC: HR in Action

The supervisor to this hotel, did inform Donna of what the hotel will be like during this heavy work-flow. And needed all employee's to attend to work as scheduled, Donna did mention and tried to corporate with her supervisor with coming to a reasonable conclusion to this dilemma. As Donna called in before her scheduled worked hours because of "sickness" to attend her daughters graduation. It caused other employee's to preform her tasks while absent.

                "Failure to report to work within 24 hours of a request to report"

I feel as though Donna's supervisor should of set her off with a warning system. Then proceed from there with a possible suspension from work hours for period of time. Her supervisor also did not inform Donna of her termination, they could have informed of her up and coming termination from the job two weeks early. So that Donna will be prepared to search, as well as establish a new job with another company.

  "Absence from work for one (1) or more consecutive days without excuse acceptable to the company "

Since Donna has reported been to have nine years of excellent work and attendance. She wouldn't have to apply for unemployment if this method had been in place during this dilemma. This was certainly a first time thing for Donna to call to work for a day off, and it was for a family event. Donna could have also made it clear as referring to this event to a "family emergency."

"Habitual tardiness"

Donna was informed of her termination, the day after the graduation (the day she called off). Therefor, the hotel would technically have to pay Donna's benefit for unemployment compensation. The hotel would definitely be held responsible due to the supervisor's decision regardless of diminishing the supervisor's image at the workplace. But would reflect on the hotel as a whole legally in court, Donna would be in the right.

Week 1 EOC: Best and Worst Jobs

I currently work at The Art Institute of Las Vegas, as a Sewing Lab Assistant. What I am required to do is, maintain, report, and clean the industrial machinery & workplace. The job is very much a work study, in which I do take advantage of on many occasions to complete assignments. Over the course of the job, I am expected to aid fellow students. With any issue they may encounter with sewing or other fashion related questions. This job is the best in the sense of a direct and repeatable section to the Fashion Design majors.

"How their work is managed (facilitated) directly impacts the success or failure of the organization." 

But, there is a flip-side to this job that i had to experience two months into the course of me working here. One, I came into the job half-way into the quarter which caused my paychecks to come later then expected. Two, My first check was mailed to me as all jobs do during the first time a worker is being paid. Three, My check somehow got lost so I had to go through some troubling paperwork to obtain my entire pay by the 25 of December. Although I did get paid for my hours, I was still missing my first weeks pay. 

"However, human resources concerns ranging from compensation and benefits to opportunities for training and professional development, as well as beliefs about how they fit into the organization, are important to many staff members."

In my opinion, the job is great because I'm able to work on assignments and it works around my scheduled classes. The only down side was that small inconvenience with paperwork and obtaining my paycheck before Christmas.And of course the problem was fixed in due time, with the help from my manager and supervisor. In all, the pay is good for a ten hour job with a pay of $8.25 per hour. A student like me can't necessarily complain or critique my job to harshly. I'm still new and have much to experience with this job, so far its been good.

"Work procedures that are designed with (or without) input from applicable personnel, the extent to which equipment is used to ease physical work tasks and the amount of employee empowerment, if any, impact how work is done and, in turn, required human resources activities."