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- barbtastic0
omg, _salisae_ , no offense, but your mom's advice was like the opposite of good.
that would have made my "hilariously shitty" resume pile... i keep them for entertainment.
- Kiko0
kezza.
I went to see Liam and Cogs Agency, he said that they do mostly web and he was not interested but saaid he would get back to me the next day. And he ever did.
Do you think I should go for junior designer positions then?
And what do you mean by more conceptual work, how can I do that?
Ill send you a copy of my cv via email if that ok. thanx alot!
- vespa0
have you considered a different domain name?
i can't imagine why you haven't had a single interview.
how long have you been looking?
what's your typical process? i.e. do you email them, call them, write to them?
what do you say in your cover letter and cv?
it's weird but from your work i thought you were american.
- _salisae_0
i will never understand my mom. best of all her name is joy. it's her birthday today and i'm hesitating to contact her at all.
maybe i can get my sister to forward it to me and i'll send it along. you have a funny means to entertain yourself!
*not meaning to derail here!
- ********0
I am with Vespa on this. There is something fishy in why you never reveived and interview. That suprised me a lot as the work is strong.
- Kiko0
vespa
I have been serioulsy looking for the last 3 months. I have applied mostly to recruitment acencies, or jobs on recruitment sites.
why american?
- kezza_20
Hi kiko, ring him back and pester him... or if you dont want to do web...
I guess if someone put a portfolio of 10 things infront of me I'd think junior - middleweight.
If you have more work I'd get it up there.
Your portfolio doesn't say too much about you other than jack of all trades, master of none.
There's a bit of everything there, which is commendable, but to get a senior position I think you should be specialising in web, print or type, etc etc
- barbtastic0
a friend asked me to review her resume... poor girl talked about her dog by name, her love of yoga, and included her full name [2 middle names!]
i told her it brought visions of a vapid trust fund twit who had decided to get a job "just for fun"... totally the opposite of who she really is.
i'm not sure who is teaching people to put personal info on resumes, but it's got to stop!!
- neue75_bold0
The work is very north american though, I had a similar experience in Canada, except I was get's lot's of interviews but most studios had said my work was 'too European' and they didn't have clients whom would want that style of design....so that could be the case here too, just in reverse...
- Kiko0
Bottlerocket
I think it might be that I have no agency experience, and that my folio ias too varied. I dont have anything that a studio would actually need. its perhaps too varied.
- neue75_bold0
I can't type today either...
- Bite0
Are you getting 'the guardian' on Monday??
that is usually packed full of them
- Bite0
Are you getting 'the guardian' on Monday??
that is usually packed full of them
- ********0
Agents really are not the best. They all right if you want to just have someone in the background looking for work. But really, they only see you as a commission and don't see any value in matchng you with the right job. The right candidate for them is the person that earns them the comission.
I would really advise being a bit more strategic. Assemble a list of places you want to work, and start shooting out applications.
- _salisae_0
is my work very american?
*bites nails
**again not trying to derail
- Bite0
sorry
- ********0
If you can charge out more than you cost in wages, then you are everything a studio needs.
- Jaline0
Shari, you got your site up!!!
Looks awesome :)
- ********0
Well, about 80% a studio needs.
- _salisae_0
thanks jaline! very curious about the nationality showing through though.