Five Years of Experience - E-book - ePub

"Congratulations on your creative degree and good luck" is the summation of what it feels like when you're walking across the stage at graduation and facing the real world. But now what do you do? Just get a job (which isn't easy to do) and once you land a job, everything will be smooth sailing from there (not true). Unfortunately, it's not that simple. So, what do you do about that? That's what I want to help you with.  First, let's get you into the industry.
From my experience, I've found some similarities for why creatives get turned down for positions. I've laid out some common issues creatives run into while applying for jobs and you can do to tailor your pitch in order to fix them.  Once you're in, we need to keep you in the industry. Working to become a professional creative and actually being a professional creative are two different things and the transition can be jarring initially.
I have some tips and tricks that I want to share with you to help you sustain your career while dealing with the throes of life.  It's difficult to get started as a professional, but this book may help you understand how to give yourself a better foot forward and help you understand how to keep your position once you make it there. Now let's take control of your trajectory, infiltrate the industry and sustain your career.