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Any advice for somebody who graduated six years ago then proceeds to fill the CV resume with mind numbing unrelated manual work.
- NewElpaso0
give up
- NewElpaso0
or do some work
- ********0
Dont do that. Better to giva an honest account than to try and dress up shelf stacking as being somehow valid. Personally I would be impressed by a CV that read:
"Graduated six years ago and have kept myself busy with mind numbing unrelated manual work since".
- NewElpaso0
i would wonder - if you're so keen to get into graphics - why you didnt devote time to it..
- markmaking0
Good point newElpaso, Cheers studiospooky like your style.
- DaveO0
Do posters for your mates club nights, do small business identities for free to keep stuff moving....if you're any good surely people will be asking you do do stuff anyway?
- markmaking0
Yea cheers Dave0, I have been doing some no budget stuff, I think I may of just had a little lapse, growing tired of jobcentre moves.
I think I may need a montage.
- ********0
Got any work online Mark?
- markmaking0
No I should start working on a website I think, Although I managed to scrape these together. http://www.flickr.com/photos/126…
http://www.dontpaniconline.com/d…
- ********0
i was in manual labor for about 5 years until landing a gig as a webdesigner. got laid off after college and got a job at target to pay the bills (which never happened because target dont pay shit) had a few other meaningless jobs. decided i needed more income and threw together a quick webportfolio and started working on a friends site, put that stuff in the portfolio and spent a lot of time on monster.com and etc.
find books or articles in print or online and read as much as you can to keep up on trends and styles and practices. for me i read jeffrey zeldmans stuff and alistapart.com
do comps and "personal" work. anything you can develop pieces to put in your portfolio and expand your skillset.
just dont do any comps for samsung, vague will eat your ass.
- ********0
Vague enjoys eating ass to be fair.
I'll check your links out in abit Mark. I know soemone who runs an advertising agency in Brissles so might be a contact...who knows.