finding a job
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- umbrella
yeah art school senior freakin about finding the job.
so what nuggets of advice do you all have to share? anything, folio tips, resume tips, coffee and candy cane tips. touching tips. anything
thanks,
- brundlefly0
Don't touch anybody, be confident, make sure you can explain the work, and stand behind your portfolio....
- cinder0
35% portfolio
15% personality
50% who you knowNetwork, network, network.
- quota0
First, show your portfolio around emphisizing your diversity and ability to interpret a clients vision.
Don't be afraid to take a 'production' job at a print shop. This will build up your chops with different file formats, programs you are unfamiliar with. A job like this also gives you an intimate look at how experienced designers set up their files and work. It also helps build a repore with agencies in your area.
You're on your way! If you don't get the job you want, take the job you can get and go from there. Just know what you want and the rest will follow.
- quota0
And by the by, I've never found a job through who I have known, only through the newspaper or online classifieds...ever!
- sauerbraten0
fuck getting a job, get your masters.
- crap0
dont be too picky cuz
finding a truely creative job is damn hard
- crap0
I went to a jobappointment for tele operator function
it was kindof funhasseling people over the phone seems a fun job
- Cassity0
I've never gotten a job through classified/internet listing. Only through personal connections. I got out of school and thought "boy, I am going to make it on my merit and tallent alone!" Three months later I called all of my old professors and any small connections I could grasp...while the term "networking" sounds nasty it doesn't have to be. Just be nice and sincere, something will work out.
- pufeta0
What I did.. was gather my portoflio on a cd business card.. and after the interview.. after showing your portoflio ..talking.. give them this cd to keep as a reference point for when they decide on a candidate.
Make your portofio represent you. Try yo make all pieces match.. design wise and make sure its neat.
- scarabin0
my school got mine for me. set up an interview and everything.
do you have a career center there?
- idsgn0
i agree with the "its all who you know" statement.
ive had a few interviews from web/print classifieds , but the never seem to go so well.
all of my work has come through connections and people i know. Got some pretty cool work that way. I say get out there and make yourself known. Easier said than done though i guess
- Donvitoviti0
connections is where its at.. then after you get that connection.. your work better shine.
- chubbywookie0
Searched for a job for 14 months to find a job. I did all the standard portfolio/resume/CD stuff, plus a few extra promos just to get the attention of the agencies. Nothing.
Got desperate, so I walked around town holding a huge sandwich board advertising my skills to passers-by. Got on the radio, TV and in the paper twice...but no job offers.
Then a friend of a friend heard her company was looking for a designer and suggested me. I was hired within a week.
You do the math.
- ********0
ok so all you NT freinds o mine im looking for a job! tell your friends! ;)
- jox0
wow chubby, maybe people weren't hiring cus they thought you were a nutter?
I for one wouldn't hire some screamer off the street who says he knows HTML.
- jox0
(not that I don't think you know more than HTML)
:)
- okaybro0
if your work is really fucking good and you are not an idiot, getting a job isn't too tough, though lucky timing can help. just find who you'd like to work for and attack.
#1 advice: work really fucking hard to make your work really fucking good, not just in looks but ideas too, THE IDEAS WILL SET YOU APART.
- steak&liquor0
Send a portfolio package to 20 firms in your town. Follow up with phone calls. Follow up with more phone calls. Make them know who you are and that you are eager. But not to the point of obsessive. My theory is either they are going to like you or dislike you - either way they know who you are. Obviously dislike isnt going to get you the job but if they are superdicks at least you will be that guy who keeps reminding them you are looking for work. I once got a job by walking in the front door with portfolio in hand getting the head of the company to check my work in the lobby. I walked out with a job.
Additionally dont be like everyone here where they expect top dollar right off the bat. Go in low and let them realize that you know what youre doing. Raises will come if you vibe that the company is cool. And again - another obvious - youre not going in low like 20 grand a year. If youre fresh from school go in around 40-50. Just expect that the next 5 years are career building. You do good work, youre nice and prompt... you should have no problems getting raises. Then you have a portolio and launching ground to getting a higher paid job.
- BigMart0
be confident.
- Blofeldt0
I agree with Steak& liquor. In your first 5 years it's all aboout learning, making sure you do good work and always see yourself getting better. Five years seem like a long time when you leave University but it's only the first five years of a career that could last 45.