#self presentation

I hope you'll enjoy your time here ☀

The Shapeshifters is a big and personal project, and with Lope we can't stop doodling and babbling about it.

If you are interested, and if you can understand French, here is the link to the first volume of the series (the other ones are still being corrected) :

Flower 🌸

Refreshing!

Green leaves 🌱🌿

Colorful petals 🌸

Beads saying «flower» // «i'm photosynthesizing» 📿

Two sides 🎭

Dead inside but still has a will to help smn out

One side 🌳 burned 🔥 to ashes 🖤

The other is captivated by plants 🌱 with white flowers 💮

QAC 56 - Non-Binary In The Workplace: Job Hunting In Japan

navigating any job market as a non-binary and / or gender non-conforming person can be tough, especially given the current void of information and resources available on the subject. since i've recently found myself having to navigate Japan's job market, i figured i might as well threw my own personal experience out there into the void. perhaps it'll help someone else out there.

please note that this video is not a 'how-to' on finding a job in Japan. rather, i talk about my own (limited) personal experience the job market in Japan in terms of navigating names when your actual name differs from your current legal name, navigating Japanese standards of "professional attire", being forced to reevaluate things like HRT and "activism" outside of the workplace, etc.

long video is long, so here are some jump points for ease of viewing:

🕐00:56 - disclaimers 🕑02:26 - background information 🕒03:19 - navigating names (resumes, interviews, etc) 🕖11:28 - navigating attire / presentation (clothing, hair, piercings) 🕘18:04 - navigating other stuff (HRT, life of outside work, etc) 🕛22:29 - contact information

One of the precepts of Social Media Best Practice is building a personal brand, "a process that is always evolving and adapting, just as you are always evolving and adapting." An important strategy for personal branding online is to engage; this is where you ensure you "talk to others, join the conversation, join groups, make friends and make sure you respond to people." Mejuri is a now established jewelry brand based in Canada. Their online presence has grown incrementally over the past 5 years, and we watched them grow from a small Vancouver jewelry brand to multiple successful locations across the country. Engaging with their customers is a part a personal branding that Mejuri ensures they are consistent in. As you can see in the screenshot above, they reply back to comments under their posts often - this builds a strong relationship with their target market and makes potential and current customers feel that they are seen and heard by the brand they are supporting - and that support comes full circle for Mejuri.