Careers options for Art, Design and Architecture students

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Careers options for Art, Design and Architecture
students

• Zoë Mitton
• Careers Adviser - Employability

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• Quiz!

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Positive factors in the labour market

• The government has predicted that the creative
  industries will be the fastest growing source of
  new jobs
• Peter Mandelson, House of Commons, 1998
• The creative industries sector grew more rapidly
  than the economy during the nineties
• Flexibility of opportunity sector heavily
  dependent on self-employed, freelancers, short
  contract workers and volunteers
• Business Mine
• Business Generator
• CIDA (Creative Industries Development Agency)

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and the downside

• Precarious nature of the work
• London and South East have the majority of
  creative opportunities
• Salaries in the sector tend to be lower than the
  national average
• General feeling in the sector is that graduates
  lack work readiness
• Lack of opportunities for CPD

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Art Design graduates into employment

• From the University of Huddersfield 76 from the
  School of Art, Design Architecture were in
  employment 6 months after graduation
• Nationally, 71.7 of graduates from art and
  design courses went into employment 29.2 of
  these went to work in the creative industries
• 2002 survey, 7 years after graduation only 11
  graduates in non-graduate jobs

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Why start now?

• Increased competition in obtaining placements
• Greater need to be creative innovative in
  search
• Increased expectations from potential placement
  providers
• hit the ground running
• what can you do for them?

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• Irrespective of the degree subjects, many of the
  skills acquired by students during their study
  are widely accepted by different employers and
  professions, providing the applicants can
  identify, demonstrate and market these skills
• What do Graduates Do, 2006

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What are my skills?

• Lateral thinking
• Creative problem solving
• Imagination and creativity
• Critical awareness
• Interpersonal and social skills
• Resourcefulness
• Organisation and planning

• Divergent thinking
• Decision making
• Oral and written communication skills
• Visual presentation
• Information and research skills
• Self-motivation and management
• I.T. skills (esp. creative software)

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Areas of work

• Advertising
• Architecture
• Art and antiques market
• Crafts
• Design
• Designer fashion
• Film and video
• Interactive leisure software
• Music
• Public sector

• Performing arts
• Publishing
• Software and computer games
• Television and radio
• Marketing and public relations
• Buying, selling and retailing
• Galleries and museums
• Education (all sectors)

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Some sources of vacancies

• www.artsculturemediajobs.com
• www.careersindesign.com
• www.creativerecruitment.co.uk
• www.design4design.com
• www.graduatelink.com
• www.ideasfactory.com
• www.macpeople.co.uk
• www.prospects.ac.uk
• www.teardropdesign.com

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Useful LMI websites

• www.creativeyorkshire.com
• www.culture.gov.uk
• www.design-council.org.uk
• http//www.guidance-research.org/future-trends/art
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• www.prospects.ac.uk
• www.skillset.org/careers/
• http//www.graduatesyorkshire.info/cgi-bin/databan
  k.pl

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Speculative applications

• 60 of creative sector vacancies never advertised
• Identify potential employers
• Prepare a CV and covering letter
• Target them to a particular organisation and role
• Find out the name of an appropriate person
• Ensure letter states clearly what you are looking
  for
• Follow up
• Develop networks and use your department!

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How we can help

• Individual careers appointments
• Careers library
• Vacancy information
• Website
• E-guidance
• CV Clinics
• Drop-in sessions

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Careers and Employability Service

• Student Centre, Level 4
• 01484 472124
• Email careers_at_hud.ac.uk
• Web www.hud.ac.uk/careers

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What job could I do?

• Careers Ideas Machine

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Bibliography

• National Guidance Research Forum (NGRF) website
• Arts Diversity in the Labour Market Metier
  Metier 2001
• Workforce Development Plan 2001 Metier
• Arts Skills 2000 Metier
• Prospects (signpost sheets)
• Yeti
• Design Council website
• What do Graduates do? 2006
• Seven years on Graduate careers in a changing
  labour market 2004 HECSU
• Cox Review of Creativity in Industry 2005, HM
  Treasury
• Creativity, Design and Business Performance
  2005, DTI
• Creative Yorkshire website
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport website
• Moving On graduate careers three years after
  graduation 1999, HECSU
• Working Out graduates early experiences of the
  labour market 1999, HECSU