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2 GREATERmilwaukeeJOBS • October 15, 2015 of the event, the 500-employee office had 40 to 50 open posi- tions, including creative, account management, strategy, finance, human resources and executive-level positions, Maro- bella said. The agency hoped the uncon- ventional approach would sur- face innovative thinkers, relax the typically stressful interview environment and show off Havas' own creative chops, Marobella said. The event, promoted on LinkedIn and other social media channels as well as the compa- ny's network of interested appli- cants, drew about 130 RSVPs but, given a two-hour window for the event, only 30 applicants received confirmed spins on the wheel while others hoped for luck on the waiting list. Ilissa Marsden, 35, a freelance account director who wore jeans and sunglasses for her Ferris wheel interview, said she hoped to be considered for an account service position. "It's a beautiful day, it's a beautiful view, I've never been on the Ferris wheel before, so, two birds – job interview and be on the Ferris wheel before they tear it down," she said as she waited in line. Juie Shah, 22, was the first to hop on a gondola with Marobel- la. The Northwestern University student, who is set to graduate in December with a degree in integrated marketing and com- munications, said Havas is her "dream company" after she worked there for a week over the summer. After dismounting, beaming, after two spins on the wheel, Shah said she believes inter- views and Ferris wheels go together well because they both generate excitement. "I think sometimes when you're in an interview you don't always remember all the things you're supposed to say – you forget parts of yourself, tidbits that really push that interview forward," said Shah, in black leggings and a long brown sweater. "And this time I actual- ly remembered because I was so excited throughout." Havas is not new to flights of fancy. In a nod to the city's bike-to-work week, the compa- ny this summer launched a Bike While Working campaign and built a "bike-desk," complete with a computer and lamp, that can be pedaled around town. As the creative team brain- stormed ideas for the interview- ing event, they considered park- ing the bike-desk in a public transit railcar and doing inter- views while the train rumbled along, but they weren't sure if it Ferris Wheel . . . from page 1 A publication of Conley Media Distributed by: Conley Distribution 262-513-2646 ©2004 by Conley Media, LLC Waukesha County Independent and Locally Owned GREATERmilwaukeeJOBS is published weekly by Conley Media – Waukesha County, 801 N. Barstow St., Waukesha, WI 53186. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written consent of the publisher. GREATERmilwaukeeJOBS assumes no liability for any error in copy or content. 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If you're always checking email, Snapchat- ting, IMing, on Twitter, doing whatever you do online, you're setting yourself up to be dis- tracted.You may become less serene, or you may be procrastinating on things you need to do. Does this sound familiar? It may be happening with your email, too. If you find that you start, say, writing a report and then see the email pop, run over and check it, maybe reply, then try to get your brain back into your analysis, you're set- ting yourself up to feel stressed. Step one if this is your life is to make a resolu- tion to change. And, as with any habit, it might be challenging. Here are some ways to make it work. With your phone, start by letting people know that you're going on a connectivity diet. For example, I heard recently from someone that he was taking a month off Facebook; I've known others who resigned from games.These were concrete actions they've taken because they felt out of balance with their screen time. Put your phone away sometimes. Locking it in your trunk is an excel- lent way to not text and drive! Or having it put away during certain evening hours could help you develop a habit of connecting with the rest of the world around you. When it comes to email at work, it can be more challenging. Clients and co-workers may have immediate needs and you can't just shut them off. Even with that context, though, you can reduce your use of email as a distraction by choosing to look at non- urgent emails on a more limited schedule. Taking your thought process up a step, con- sider what you're missing out on when you're online too much. If you've got your face to the screen for hours a day, what aren't you seeing? What aren't you doing? And use that sense of opportunity cost to help motivate you to change your habits. If life without that looks too empty, you may need to think about other activities you'd like to be doing to have a rich and interesting life. Once you've tried this for a while, take stock. If you have not found that your irritability level has changed, look at other potential causes. If you aren't active, look at get- ting more exercise, even a regular walk, to help burn off stress. Depend- ing on the circum- stances, you may even want to talk to your doc about possible depres- sion. Treat irritation as an indicator that something is out of alignment in your life, and take action to finding fixes that move you forward. Q. Lately I seem to be irritable at work all the time. The smallest things bug me, and I don't enjoy things or people I used to. It's somewhat the same at home. I have trouble focusing, too. What can I do? By Liz Reyer Tribune News Service (TNS) Liz Reyer is a credentialed coach with more than 20 years of business experience. Her company, Reyer Coaching & Consulting, offers services for organizations of all sizes. Submit questions or comments about this column at www.deliverchange.com/coachscorner or email her at lizdeliverchange.com. A Chicago Tribune reporter took one 7.5-minute loop around the Ferris wheel with the ad agency exec to find out how he hires. Q. What do you look for in job candidates? A. We look for a startup men- tality. At all levels and all posi- tions, someone who has an entrepreneurial mindset and a creative perspective. For us cre- ativity is about people who are inventive, finding new ways to do things, aren't afraid of break- ing things and trying new direc- tions and new ideas. The adver- tising business has been in change mode for a while, and we're trying to stay ahead of that. Q. What's the biggest mis- take you see job candidates make during interviews? A. I think first and foremost they're not themselves. Our cul- ture is about valuing who we are as individuals and what we like to do outside of the office. And I think that's rare in the corporate world. We try to embrace people's passions and their cre- ative projects and anything they might do outside the office we try to bring that into our culture. And we learn from that and it really helps us build our creative culture at Havas. We want people to be themselves, and typically we can tell when they're not. Q. What's an early manage- ment lesson you learned? A. Patience. As I've moved through my career, for me 7.5 minutes with Havas CEO Paul Marobella see PAUL MAROBELLA . . . page 6

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