Comments on: How not to get a job in design http://pixelres.com/notes/how-not-to-get-a-job-in-design/ design, advertising, typographic observation & discourse | Chomoi Picho-Owiny: online design & art direction Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://pixelres.com/notes/how-not-to-get-a-job-in-design/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Anonymous Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:05:40 +0000 http://pixelres.com/?p=760#comment-661 why havent you been posting.... slacker. ! why havent you been posting…. slacker. !

]]> By: Chris http://pixelres.com/notes/how-not-to-get-a-job-in-design/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Chris Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:52:59 +0000 http://pixelres.com/?p=760#comment-649 Solid list, Chomoi The 'sounding like a designer' part reassured me greatly. Who wants to employ a designer that sound like they have all the vigour and flair of a civil servant? (No offense to civil servants.) In response to Nina's annoyance at the multiple use of 'I's in CVs - surely this is largely unavoidable if the main objective is to sell yourself? Don't be too harsh! Solid list, Chomoi
The ’sounding like a designer’ part reassured me greatly. Who wants to employ a designer that sound like they have all the vigour and flair of a civil servant? (No offense to civil servants.)

In response to Nina’s annoyance at the multiple use of ‘I’s in CVs - surely this is largely unavoidable if the main objective is to sell yourself? Don’t be too harsh!

]]> By: Nina http://pixelres.com/notes/how-not-to-get-a-job-in-design/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Nina Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:49:26 +0000 http://pixelres.com/?p=760#comment-648 1. The standard for a CV is 2 pages, but I'm not sure what the standard is for a PDF portfolio? Nowadays folks have become lazy on creating a website so they just send their pdf of work around, which can't be a substitute. A C-Volio is a type of teaser to go to your website and should hold the same brand, in my view. 4 pages max perhaps? Or 2 pages folio and 2 page CV? I prefer a CV to have no thrills and spills. 2. The other thing that bothers me whenever I look at a CV is when it's in the first person and every paragraph starts with 'I'. Will this person be able to work in a team if the "I" is so prominent, I always ask. 3. Links not found, is a big no-no. If the site is down, link to screenshots of what it used to look like. Or even worse is if an internal portfolio link links incorrectly. Frustrating and common in Flash websites. 1. The standard for a CV is 2 pages, but I’m not sure what the standard is for a PDF portfolio? Nowadays folks have become lazy on creating a website so they just send their pdf of work around, which can’t be a substitute. A C-Volio is a type of teaser to go to your website and should hold the same brand, in my view. 4 pages max perhaps? Or 2 pages folio and 2 page CV? I prefer a CV to have no thrills and spills.

2. The other thing that bothers me whenever I look at a CV is when it’s in the first person and every paragraph starts with ‘I’. Will this person be able to work in a team if the “I” is so prominent, I always ask.

3. Links not found, is a big no-no. If the site is down, link to screenshots of what it used to look like. Or even worse is if an internal portfolio link links incorrectly. Frustrating and common in Flash websites.

]]> By: Lordy Lordy http://pixelres.com/notes/how-not-to-get-a-job-in-design/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Lordy Lordy Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:15:42 +0000 http://pixelres.com/?p=760#comment-647 Get a hair cut! Get a hair cut!

]]> By: Anonymous http://pixelres.com/notes/how-not-to-get-a-job-in-design/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Anonymous Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:49:15 +0000 http://pixelres.com/?p=760#comment-646 people wont be working cause the market stinks atm. but hey, i agree with all of the above. when times are tuff, its time to tuffen up. crack on and crack out! get your shit together. people wont be working cause the market stinks atm. but hey, i agree with all of the above. when times are tuff, its time to tuffen up. crack on and crack out! get your shit together.

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