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9780415375900

Life After...Art and Design: A practical guide to life after your degree

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415375900

  • ISBN10:

    0415375908

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2006-07-07
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail - but for most things are not nearly so simple. Armed with your hard-earned degree the possibilities and career paths lying before you are limitless, and the number of choices you suddenly have to make can seem bewildering. "Life After an Art & Design Degree "has been written specifically to help students currently studying, or who have recently graduated, make informed choices about their future. It will be source of invaluable advice and wisdom to graduates of creative subjects (whether you wish to directly use your degree or not), covering such topics as: - Identifying a career path that interests you - from advertising to interior design - Seeking out an opportunity that matches your skills and aspirations - Staying motivated and pursuing your goals - Networking and self-promotion - Making the transition from scholar to worker "The Life After University "series of books are more than simple "career guides." They are unique in taking a holistic approach to career advice - recognizing the increasing view that, although a successful working life is vitally important, other factors can be just as essential to happiness and fulfillment. They are the indispensable handbooks for students considering their future direction.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
1 Decisions, decisions...
1(14)
2 Creating your career: building on your creative and innovative spirit
15(19)
3 Working out the 'how to'
34(15)
4 Connecting with your network: the world's a network
49(15)
5 Hunting out the right opportunity
64(16)
6 Proving yourself: from scholar to worker
80(20)
7 Promoting yourself
100(18)
8 What's stopping you? Make it happen!
118(13)
9 Moving on...Your future
131(13)
10 Here's to life! 144(11)
Further reading 155(4)
Useful addresses and further information 159

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