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HOW ARCHITECTS THRIVE IN AN UNCERTAIN JOB MARKET

Practicing architects provide insight, drawing from personal and professional experience, on how to maintain employment, remain calm in the face of workforce reductions and how to bounce back from a layoff. Make sure to download the checklist at the end of the report for useful action items to execute right now.

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HOW TO GET A JOB IN ARCHITECTURE

Developed in collaboration with the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), this white paper is full of tips directly from the people who will be interviewing you, including practicing architects and HR professionals at some of the top firms in the world like Gensler and Cannon Design.

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THE TOP 10 TIPS FOR PASSING THE ARE

Black Spectacles enlisted the help of licensed architect and Black Spectacles instructor Mike Newman to compile a series of tips to help you navigate - and pass - the ARE®. Use these tips to help you figure out how to get started, some of the best study resources, and the key concepts you need to know before going into the exam.

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THE BLACK SPECTACLES SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS SURVEY

We surveyed over 1,500 online job postings at the top 100 architecture firms (Gensler, Perkins+Will, HOK, HKS, SOM, and Perkins Eastman, just to name a few), based on Architectural Record’s 2015 list of the Top Architecture Firms, two-thirds of which have won design awards in the past 2 years from either AIA National or AIA Components, and compiled the software skill sets required for each.

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