Mike Carter talk

Mike Carter from Orchard came in today to help us with advise on how to tackle getting a job when we graduate. There are roughly 456,000 graduates every year and almost 50,000 of them re on art and design based courses. Mike talked us through how to get your first job, help with c.v's, portfolios and interviews.

First Job

They will look at your enthusiasm commitment and organization over good design.

Your first job will be a junior designer and the pay will fall between 12-14 thousand. The more creative the company the less pay you will get. From your first job you will get experience, learn to apply yourself and take work to print.

And your second job will be much easier to get than your first.

C.V

Your c.v main job is to get the company to contact you. and needs to communicate what you want to say in 3 seconds. It can be written in 1st or 3rd person and start with an intro stating-

who you are,what you want and why you want it. If it includes work experience please state what the company does and what you did there.

phrases like works well in team are not always necessary and no pictures needed.

When sending off your c.v compose an email with your email address on, where you saw the job advert and why you want the job. With this send a pdf portfolio no more than 2 m.

Portfolios.

Make it relevant for what job you are going to.15-20 pages and max 3 page per project.

In at least 2 projects show scamps and the key is to ditch student work as soon as possible.

Interviews

Aim of an interview is to see if your suited. Research the company and make sure you know where it is. Make sure you have a list of questions ready when they ask you... have you got any questions

Mikes talk was very insiteful and made us aware of the next step after graduation.