| Do you ever seek personal or professional advice? | What is your level of seniority? | How often do you seek advice? | Who do you typically seek advice from? | What kind of advice do you seek most often? | Do you use any products to gain advice from individuals? | If yes, which product do you use to gain advice and why? | What do you find frustrating about currently seeking advice? | What makes a trusted advisor? | |
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Both | Entry-level. | Monthly | Recommendations | Career advice | Linkedin? | If the person is willing to respond or not | credentials | ||
Personal | Entry-level. | Monthly | Friends | Career advicePersonal developmentHealth and Fitness | Not meeting with people | trust, experience together, visible background | |||
Both | Entry-level. | Weekly | Career advicePersonal development | None | Honesty | ||||
Professional | Entry-level. | Monthly | Mentors and Designers from Communities or Instagram | Career advicePersonal development | I use Slack and Instagram to gain advice from designers because it seems like a platform that most designers use and get the chance to seek their advice. | I guess what I find frustrating when seeking advice is that sometimes they're vague and at times don't answer my question. | I guess what makes a trusted advisor would be when they give advice is something that they apply in their life and to know if they have good intentions for me to give advice that would actually help me. | ||
Professional | Entry-level. | Weekly | FriendsAn influencer in the industry | Career advicePersonal developmentHealth and FitnessLanguages | Linkedin, is full of experts that are willing to help | I need a lot of advices because I am changing my career, and I don't want to disturb too much | Someone with experience, good communicator and willing to help | ||
Personal | Entry-level. | Weekly | FriendsAn influencer in the industry | Relationships adviceHealth and FitnessLifestyle | Experience and knowledge | ||||
Personal | Entry-level. | Yearly | A family member | Health and Fitness | No products | Rarely need advice | Someone who worthy of giving advice | ||
Personal | Entry-level. | Yearly | A family member | Lifestyle | Trust | ||||
Both | Entry-level. | Bi-daily | An influencer in the industry | Career advicePersonal development | Social media | It is hard to find the community where people will help you | Experience and professionalism | ||
Both | Entry-level. | Weekly | |||||||
Both | Entry-level. | Weekly | FriendsAn influencer in the industry | I don't use any specific product, I just browse online trying to find the right source. | It's time consuming because I have to browse through countless pages before I find what I'm looking for. | Reviews, rating, educational background, work experience. |