THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TIPS:
THE C.V TIP
1/ Get the very best company in your chosen field onto your C.V
2/ Be a runner:
- Work for free, if necessary.
- Your future employers will be impressed.
THE P.G TIP
1/ Make tea
2/ Make it often, make it willingly.
3/ Influential people like it.
- It Will give them a good opinion of you, and they will want to help you in return.
BUILDING A STRAIGHTFORWARD WEB C.V:
1/ www.careersnet.com/default.asp?page=buildingcv
2/ www.artworkersrepulic.com
3/ www.majorplayers.co.uk
PORTFOLIO
Now a day you have many way to put your portfolio out there:
Printed Work
- Make eye catching packaging: make people sit up and take notice of your portfolio with fantastic and packaging concept
- Size A3 or A4
- Not over 25 pieces of work, but have to be the best work, and it'll great if have some business work
- Put works that you think not interesting in middle, Beginning and end always for the best of the best work
- Make pdf copy in to CD, so you can left it with interviewer, after the interview
- Always have descriptions of the work (what kind of design, for which project...)
Website
- If you don't want to pay money for domain, just try some free web host like www.tripod.com
- Don't give your site a hard remember name, choose the name you think present your style but not too long.
- Always check coding before you post it especially when you candidate for web designer , here tool help to check coding www.validator.3w.org
- Be careful about interface, don't make hide menu, or hide contact
YOU ARE WHAT YOUR NAME CARD IS:
Name card is not flat paper, is not just your name. It is your face, make unique name card go with your motto
Created 3d name card : www.dereklea.com
From my experience:My motto is "we make money not art" so my first name card i use fake money (the toy money but look like real) and 100 cards gone with in 1 day, who don't like money?
I hope those tips will help you, to get your dream job
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