Interviews

• The interviewer will word search your name (if owning a big company) or do a background check on you.
• Always interview your employee do a bit of background research onto them
• Research the funding of the company see if the have a good credit history
• Day before interview always read your application before you go in
• Keep current on what the studios design interests are
• Interview day- Dress smartly, Always be on time, Turn off any electrical appliances 

Body language

Send a Positive message

Things you should not do:

• Never scratch, rub your neck, touch your nose these gestures will make you come across as desatisfied.
• Rubbing your nose suggests your not being honest
• Sitting with arms crossed shows your coming across as being unfriendly
• Crossing your legs is distracting and shows your uncomfortable

Things you should do:

• Lean your body towards the door, shows your ready to make a dash for it!
• Always sit up straight and lean forward slightly shows your interested in what they are asking you to do.
• Always keep your enthusiasm by keeping on interested questions
• Establish a good amount of personal space
• Limit your perfumes and aftershaves as may cause allergies with the employer
• If an interruption occurs retain from taring at him and tell him you'll wait out in the hallway for him to finish. 

Cover Letter and CV

Creative CV

From a few of the Circular C Vs i saw, a few of there layouts and Designs attracted my eye. From that i started off by designing a rough template for my Creative CV. It isn't the best or most amazing CV in the world but i feel that it puts across my attitude and creative style. Very precise and neat and also got a little bit of a hand rendered feel to my work. I'm pleased with the overall outcome of my CV but i would of liked to have maybe spent a little more time on it and would have liked to have taken my design a lot further than what it already is. I feel as if on the right side of my skills icons i could have maybe added in another 3 skill sets that i have experience in just so that i get rid of the blank space and make my CV look a little more packed up. 

Which ways can you use interactive “self Promotion” in obtaining job opportunities?

I would say the best ways to obtain self promotion in job hunting to be:

• Posters or flyers 
• Website (For my portfolio)
• Social Networking
• Blogging
• Going around asking people 
• Phoning up design studios

BEING POSITIVE!

What other skills do you need to acquire? And what steps will you take in obtaining these skills?

I need to gain more of an understanding on these certain skills.

• Confidence
• Leadership 
• Time Keeping
• Concentration
• Typography - I want to have a more typographic approach to my work/ Every designer should have a good strong knowledge in typography.
•  I want to boost up my Dream Weaver and In Design software skills. I'm very interested in Website design so will need to take this next step in order to succeed. 

In order to obtain these skills i will need to spend more time working in the studio and at home doing my own person work. Also over the summer holiday i want to get a numerous amount of work experience in design studios to gain more of an understanding towards these chosen skills. So when i come back to start my 2nd year i will be ready to be more successful going onto my 3rd year.

Which skills do you have already?

I would say that i have the following skills:

• A good use of communication skills.
• Software

1. Illustrator- Strong
2. Photoshop- Medium
3. In Design- Strong
4. Dream Weaver- Low
5. Flash- Low
6. Zbrush- Medium

• Team Work - In groups or alone
• Listening skills
• Digital communication skills
• Very good document skills
• Research skills
• Design knowledge- Trends and styles

Im hoping to gain more of an understanding of certain skills yet to come my way and im hoping to develop my skills on the computer software to a very good level.