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- unknown0
"...you have to include something that will make you stand out..."
Greedo- you mean fresh pimento cheese spread and cold cuts, right?
- GreedoLives0
Actually, i was thinking more like a boxload of angry squirrels.
- dconstrukt0
drake: good idea.....know of any good sales guys?
- dconstrukt0
shelly good idea....how did you figure out where you're sending the stuff to?
I have parts of a book done..i suppose I could finish it with some work in it.....
- dconstrukt0
I'm in south fla. miami, ft. lauderdale..
thanks for the offer dude. :o)
- shellie0
dconstrukt,
be smart about it. call up the places you want to work at as if you were a client.. ask for the head of new media (or whatever you want to do).. and get his name..or you can be like.. *i need to messenger something over to the head of new media.. how do i spell their name?*
once youve got that information.. send away. if you have a really great presentation.. one that nobody can ignore.. i guarentee you will spend no more than 200 bucks if youre smart about it... and you'll get a job.,..
believe me i was in your sitation.. i just got tired of hitting my head against the wall.
- shellie0
and to top it off... i dont even think im that great of a designer or a programmer. both times later i was told one of the deciding factors was that i really put a lot into getting a job.. people can appreciate that.
- wesfx0
yeah it does suck, i was in your position for over a year...decent amount of freelance work, but not enough to pay the bills. its really shitty, but hang in there..i ended up landing a flash dev job for one of the biggest oil companies in the world. make sure your stuff is current on monster and it wouldn't hurt to do a paid listing on there. i was found by a headhunting agency off my profile.
but definately do anything that you can to make your resume stand out. all of the jobs i interviewed for i was one of the 10 people chosen out of literally 1000+ resumes...and all i had was a sharp looking resume and a couple letters of reccomendation. but most people don't even do that, so it works.
- rasko40
did you consider turning your efforts to collecting a huge arsenal of weaponry in order to reap your revenge?
- Bio0
welcome to life. . .
was the same when i first started looking. took me half a year to land a decent job where i was underpaid.
where are you looking?
- Bio0
also, listen to rasko. he knows what he's talkin bout.
and remember, a little jello bomb goes a long way.
- abizzyman0
"getting a job is like pulling teeth."
... uh...yeah. You're right.
It's up to YOU to call THEM back. Unless you got mad skills that everyone wants.
sucks, i know.
- unknown0
Been there, done that, hated that...
I know what it's like. My thing was that I was out of school, proud to have my degree, ready to get my career going, and you can't get the time of day from most places you're interested in working. This was late 2001 and some of 2002.
And you just have that awful feeling that resumes you fax or send in the mail just get tossed in the trash can, or left on a desk with the thousands of others.
Best of luck.
- JazX0
it's all a BS game. Talented or not, most HR places wouldn't know talent if it smacked them in the head.
- rasko40
yeah it helps if youre a cheesy megolomanic
- dconstrukt0
rasko: yeah...that might be the next step....maybe i can call bin laden or saddam to fuck them up...
bio: south FLA..jello bomb....hehe
abizzy: tell me about it.
i had an interview on tues...the dude said he was going to email me an offer and i havent heard from him since....but he kept telling me he really liked my work and he thought i would be a great fit based on my style..
WTF?
mg33: it sucks.....i didnt even want to bother wasting money creating minibooks.....i'm just sending out emails...with my portfolio online....
- p1xelfrog0
How much experience do you have? any?
Maybe consider sending a packet with your resume, instead of just a resume on typical boring resume paper.
include some samples of your best work, something classy and simple can go a long way into helping you getting noticed by the person doing the hiring.
:P
- dconstrukt0
i've been emailing places with my online portfolio..a little "cover letter" email...and a pdf resume.
- vespa0
that sucks dconstrukt. if you get a response from 1 in 10 it's normal - make sure you follow up when you send your stuff to people. phone calls as well as emails.
And go directly for companies rather than recruitment agencies - remember most jobs never get advertised, so even if nothing is visible you should try them anyway.
your portfolio is good (that single page one right?) so you've just got to be persistent. good luck.
- unknown0
you're right jazX.
I hated reading job profiles on Monster or other places, even creative hot list.com that were written by HR people who wouldn't know Photoshop from Winamp.
I've honestly not looked at any job listings in over a year because I have a job now.
But it irked me when something literally said:
Skills required:
FrontPage
Dreamweaver
Photoshop
Illustrator
Freehand
Gif animation
Macromedia Flash a "plus"what else?