Understanding you Career destination

Creating a strategy (a personal and professional plan)

The next 2 yearsWhy is it important to create a strategy?

The next 2 yearsA focussed directionA targeted direction You don’t have to have one direction

Research for studyOne area of research

Dissertation, Final Major Project

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“it's not what you know it’s who you know”

Is this true?

NetworkingHow do we network?

NetworkWork experienceSocial eventsMEET PEOPLETALK TO PEOPLE

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

HAVE CONFIDENCEIf not pretend that you have!!Play a part.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONSWhich do you think Employers are interested

in?Order them

THE EMPLOYER1 – EXPERIENCE2 – SKILLS3. - QUALIFICATIONS

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

PPDStrengths

Weaknesses

PPDLook at what you haveLook at what you needMake a plan to get it.

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”

Your plan/Strategy –things to work onResearch for studyOne field of studyWork experience/placementBeing a freelancerBeing self employedMarketing yourselfNetworkingConfidenceSkillsQualificationsExperienceUnderstanding the employer/clientThe job marketplace