understanding you career destination
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One field of LETVYou don’t have to choose oneOne field/specialism will ensure your focus on
one area for study/job application
Work PlacementThink of how it impacts on your CV
Build you CV with as much relevant work as you can.
Organise yourself
Work PlacementIs like a gym MembershipIs like college
Get out of it what you put in. Don’t just “do” the job, make it work for you.
FreelancerJoin the millions of freelancers
Most of TV are freelancers
Self-employed – you must be organised and good with your accounts
Self EmployedMust be able to market yourselfMust be able to be disciplined or moneyMust understand the unpredictability of the
marketMust be available for work at all times
Marketing yourselfWe want you to buy this, because we need to
have your money, to make us rich so we can buy big houses and have a better life
Marketing yourselfBuy this because you need it to make your
teeth nice and sparkly so people will fancy you and you will be healthy and live a long and happy life.
NETWORKING“Hi, remember me? I emailed you two years
ago about work experience?”
“Hi, Remember me? We met up in Covent Garden for a coffee because the power was out I the office?”
NETWORKINGDO NOT RELY ON EMAILSDO NOT RELY ON FACEBOOKDO NOT RELY ON “Info@company”DO NOT RELY ON “Sign Up websites” – they
are there to make money
RELY ON YOUR OWN ABILITIES
Understand your market“graduates have a poor understanding of the
kind of TV that exists and the type of TV they are interested in making”
– ex commissioning editor channel 4
Make a plan/strategyIdentify the areas discussed .Evaluate yourself on a score of 1-91 = “I need to do a lost more work on this”9 = “I am good at this, I jets need to maintain
it”