Mini Crisis.
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- Jonanon
Alright, I graduated in 06. Been looking for work constantly.
I've been to so many interviews I can't even remember the first one, done freakin' loads of internships and worked freelance for a few companies to build up the experience. Contacted virtually ever company in Manchester, and freakin' thousands acrosss the UK, and abroad. Companies I've worked for 'loved me', interviewers always impressed, always got beaten buy someone at the last post.
Talking to my ex tutors, went out for a drink with 'em, they let slip that about 90% of all the kids/guys/gals who graduated after me (last summer) have all got jobs in design. (Yeah that made me feel great!)
I've given up most the things I enjoy and love, lived off sweet fuck all and moved back in with the parental unit, just to doing to pursue this little dream I've had since 11.
Just wondering, anyone else out there in the same boat, or has been? Need some support as I'm thinking about jackin it all in.....
- JesseJensensMom0
Ask Jesse.
- ukit0
Why not work on your portfolio a lot? Since you are just starting out that is the one way you have of convincing a company to take a chance on you.
- JesseJensensMom0
Jesse can help.
- Jonanon0
I do that constantly. Edit it for different companies too dependent on who they are, clients etc etc etc.
- The scary part is... that my mom owns your life, bro.JesseJensen
- Someone has more time on thier hands than me!
Jonanon - strrange, strange, but true.jimzyk
- Jonanon0
Yeah, I'm not quite *that* desperate.... yet
- jimzyk0
yeah portfolio website thing is where to start man.
then its easy, you can simply send your site / work to whoever, wherever, whenever , whatever. If location doesn't matter to you, the sky/ something is the limit. you'll find work somewhere sooner or later, maybe not home, but that could be great for both you & your work.
- dyspl0
getting a job is not that easy, so don't worry.
you could do some internship to find new potential employers, re contact the agencies whos semt to be interested a couple of month ago (you can be the right guy, but if it's not the right time, you won't get any job)
- Jonanon0
Cheers man, yeah I've got a blog, but absaloutley no knowledge of teh internetz, and no real passion for it either (to build my own site). But I do get your point.
- you just need to display your work, clean and organized. you really dont need a flash site. etc.akrokdesign
- alla www.lee25.com its done in a simple way, and it wouldn't take a lot of work to do.kalkal
- Cheers guys!Jonanon
- Llyod0
"Talking to my ex tutors, went out for a drink with 'em, they let slip that about 90% of all the kids/guys/gals who graduated after me (last summer) have all got jobs in design. (Yeah that made me feel great!)"
90% my ass. Asking teachers how to get a job is a joke. If they knew what the hell they were doing they wouldn't be teaching (burnouts). I like your work even if it is a little derivative. Remove the comments from your CV section and puch the best work to the front rather than chronologically.
Do something positive while you're doing nothing. Learn 3D rather than spin your wheels.
- Haha, no man. I know them like mates, just went for a drink. And that lovely little bombshell was dropped.Jonanon
- akrokdesign0
agree, you need to move away from blog and get a real portfolio site. go pro.
as the most imported thing is your portfolio. not blog.
hope it works out.
- it will showcase your ability to design and create a real siteLlyod
- JesseJensensMom0
Jesse will show you the light my son.
- it's so true...jimzyk
- Since you've posed as me mum, that ultimately means grinding your face to pavement.JesseJensen
- Until you can't breathe. It will most certainly happen. Lates.JesseJensen
- ukit0
Yep, just some honest advice, if I was hiring and had to go by your blog I would not hire you either. If you are serious about this build your own site even if it is just a one page deal or something simple and create some work that looks professional and that relates to the job you want whether it's print or interactive. Get some real work under your belt however you can, even if you have to work for free at first or even create work on your own to show what you can do. Show employers what they are looking for and they will hire you.
- forcetwelve0
i agree with ukit. the blog sux. get into www.indexhibit.org. or get a mate to help you.
try doing a mockup magazine redesign, or a rework of an existing identity, from logo right through to bloody pens and erasers... lots of detail. just do something that is real, so that an employer can see how you would apply your processes to the jobs that he/she has on the go.
school teaches you to be creative, real world teaches you how to do real work. you have to balance the two. so try and do some real work. good luck. your work's good, chin up–cheer up.
- Llyod0
build a sweet site like this one
http://www.tripleflux.com/
- lifterBARON0
Finding a full time always sucks.. No one is ever going to fold for you either.. You just have to hustle and stay on top of shit.. Network your ass off too..
- ismith0
Abandon your material mindset and travel the world. We can meet at ABC No Rio and do acid together while reminiscing about simpler times.
- Anarchy!ismith
- now you're talkin!forcetwelve
- I'm there. Need some sponsorship though!
Jonanon
- arseni0
Who are you trying to find a job as? If anything related to producing work for web, then you need a site. Man, you need a site anyways. Also, show more commercial work... a lot of stuff in your folio looks too experimental. You can also ditch the idea of finding a job, but just work for yourself. Run your business, get your own clients. If getting freelance projects for little money is a problem, then think what the hell is wrong... If that goes well, do more commercial projects, put a good site together with more solid works and try again. Don't spend too much time redesigning your resume...this shit won't help. Better spend this time doing work (even for free) or looking for it.
- Mikel0
- Face first, yo.JesseJensen
- Mini CrisisMikel
- That's what happens to idiots.JesseJensen
- -1akrokdesign
- I bought one of these bad boys! Is this bad?mirrorball
- HahaMikel
- ross0
Ever read the book The Fountainhead?
it may help.
it may not.
Good luck, and keep your head up. The job for you is out there, you just have to go find it and wrastle it into submission.
- Mikel0
Do you keep in touch with the companies that nearly hired you? If not then you should follow up with them regularly, so when they have an opening down the road you can be reconsidered. There's a fine line between bothering potential employers, and never allowing them to forget you exist.
Also... when a job opportunity falls through, are you asking for feedback and looking for some insight as to why you weren't hired?