Free Resources
The Creative Group provides complimentary advice booklets to help you with your hiring and management needs. Please call 1.888.846.1668 for the office nearest you to order any of the following guides:

 
The Creative Group 2009 Salary Guide   The Creative Group 2009 Salary Guide
The job market is changing – and so are salaries for creative and communications professionals. The Creative Group 2009 Salary Guide provides starting salaries for about 100 creative, advertising, marketing, web and public relations positions. It also includes information on major hiring trends, and a formula for localizing salary levels for major markets.
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Profile of the New Creative Leader   Creative Leader
Leading a creative team has always meant wearing many hats: coach, advocate and communicator. The Creative Group's new white paper, Profile of the New Creative Leader, outlines some of the most essential leadership attributes and provides best practices for motivating and training in-house creative teams in the current economy. It features key findings from our survey of Graphic Design USA's American Inhouse Design Award winners, as well as advice from industry experts.
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The Creative Group Internet Trend Forecast   The Creative Group Internet Trend Forecast
Get expert insight into the key trends affecting creative and marketing professionals in this report developed by The Webby Awards exclusively for The Creative Group.
Read more... It includes information on mobile technology, open sourcing, live video, the future of online music and more.
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What Millennial Workers Want: How to Attract and Retain Gen Y Employees   What Millennial Workers Want: How to Attract and Retain Gen Y Employees
A growing number of companies are focusing on recruiting members of Generation Y, also know as the Millennial Generation, because they know this sizable group of professionals will become an increasingly vital segment of the workforce as baby boomers begin to retire.
Read more... This new white paper offers insights based on an in-depth study of Generation Y by Robert Half International and Yahoo! HotJobs and provides specific strategies your company can implement to position itself as an employer of choice to Gen Y workers.
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In-Spired! Bringing Out the Best in Your In-House Design Team   In-Spired! Bringing Out the Best in Your In-House Design Team
Managers of in-house design teams have to work extra hard to help their teams earn respect and stay inspired.
Read more... The Creative Group's new white paper, In-Spired! Bringing Out the Best In Your In-House Design Team, is packed with tips for better brainstorming, best practices for building staff cohesion, and more. It features key findings from our survey of Graphic Design USA's American In-House Design Award winners, as well as advice from industry experts, including creativity expert Sam Harrison and InSource co-founder Glenn Arnowitz.
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A to Z Business Etiquette Guide   A to Z Business Etiquette Guide
Are you unsure about how to navigate complicated cutlery? Looking for tips on how to provide appropriate year-end gifts to clients?
Read more... Our guide to business etiquette can answer all of your questions, enabling you to build rapport with colleagues and impress your business contacts.
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