- Time management
- Research and development of creative content
- Online journal research
- Focus on chosen specialism
News skills:
- Report writing/analysis
- Self directed schedule
- Freelance work - client liaison
- Development of new industry relevant skills
- Intensive/elongated work placement - professional transferable skills
CV guide:
1. Think about your skills
Look for jobs where you can do things you're great at
2. Look for companies you'd like to work with
what companies are doing the kind of things you're interested in - check out small, local companies
3. Do your homework
Check - do they offer the kind of opportunity you want, who's the best person to get in touch with, look at website or give them a call
4. Show an interest
Email potential employers
5. Follow it through
What you have to offer:
- The skills developed over the pas year on the course
- The experience you have either from previous employment or from your own interests and hobbies
Identify:
- Skills you wish to gain
- Skills you want to expand/improve upon
Stand out from competition:
- Personal details
Name and contact details
- Career profile
Brief statement of no longer than 3-4 lines summarising particular strengths
- Education/qualifications
Starting with more recent, not necessary to list all GCSES
- Employment/work experience
Only the most relevant jobs or work experience should be included in this section
- Artistic achievements/awards
- Relevant skills
Such as creative skills, time management, IT, online research, any software etc. 1-2 pages - no more than 2
Covering Letters:
- Address to the person who will be dealing with your application
What should I include:
- Research company first
www.bbc.co.uk/academy/production/job-hunting/the-essentials
Things you should do for interviews
- Take CV with you
- Enter confidently
- Answer and ask questions
- Answer with examples
Things you shouldn't do
- Sit down until the interviewer says
- Don't criticise your past employers
- Don't interrupt
- Draw attention to your weaknesses
I was certain that I was going to pick the professional practice unit from the moment I had heard about it. This is because I haven't had any proper experience in the film/TV industry yet and I would love to know what goes on at a real set/studio/production house. The only problem is that I work part time two evenings a week and committing to a 2 week placement in London may be difficult with trying to get back to Margate for work. I also wouldn't be able to get 2 weeks off work. I have a weeks placement with Suite TV already planned but I am off that week at work so there is no problem and I can give 100% to the placement.
This then lead me to consider the commission idea, so I could work around my job and create my own working hours. From the start I knew I didn't want to do a commission because I didn't want someone to tell me what they wanted and then I fail to deliver that. However, there is the commission at the Guildhall Museum in Rochester about their 100 objects show that interested me and the commission at the Maidstone Studios which also caught my eye.
I am currently considering which one would suit me before the deadline on 24th October.
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