Career handbook

Task 1

1.       Organised

I can complete college work and attend cadets in the evenings.

I keep track of all my finances and where I spend my money.

I am set on my future and know what qualifications I need to proceed my career.

2.       Discipline

I have discipline to focus on my work.

I have the discipline to listen when being talked to.

I look after 25 cadets on my ATC squadron.

3. I can use IT software
I can use Premier Pro
I can use Microsoft Office

I can use Adobe Photoshop

Task 2

·         Part time- occupying or using a limited amount of someone’s times, I work at Woodfordes' brewery during holidays and some weekends.

·         Full time-occupying or using the whole of someone's available working time, studying at college.

·         GCSE- This is a qualification gained at secondary school I have 6 GCSE’S at C level and above.

·         AS, A Level- This is a qualification that you study during your time at sixth form college.

·         Level 2, Level 3, Level 4- These are the levels that a BTEC contains, level 2 being a GCSE equivalent and level 3 an A level equivalent. I am currently studying a Level 3 course.

 

·         Pass, Merit & Distinction in the BTEC Nationals- This is the grading criteria for BTEC, pass being C, Merit being B and distinction being A, they change during the different levels of BTEC.

·         Vocational- Vocational education is education within vocational schools that prepares people for a specific trade.

·         Bachelor- a person who holds a first degree from a university  

·          Master- A master's degree is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

 Once the student has a first degree, they are called a graduate and may choose to take a higher qualification. Postgraduate Certificate is after the first year, Postgraduate Diploma is awarded after the bachelor, Master's Degree, PhD etc.).

Task 3

Editor

Editorial

When you are a film or video editor, you are responsible for assembling recorded raw material into a finished product that can be broadcasted. The material may include camera footage, dialogue, sound effects, graphics and special effects. Starting salaries for those employed by a television or post-production studio are in the region of £18,000 to £25,000. With experience as a film or video editor, you could earn £20,000 to £35,000. At a senior level, you could earn  £37,000 to £70,000 but the higher end of this scale is only available to senior editors working on high-status projects

Director

Directorial

Being the driving creative force in a film's production - visualising and defining the style and structure of the film, then bringing it to life. You will carry out duties such as casting, script editing, shot composition, shot selection and editing. You are acting as the crucial link between the production, technical and creative teams. You don’t need a formal qualification to become a Director. Your pay really depends on how successful you are, here is an example of Spielberg’s wage. Daily: GBP 265,487.00.

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist record sound on location or in a studio, usually in synchronization with the camera, to enable the highest quality 'real' sound to be recorded at the time of filming. You won’t need a qualification to be a TV Sound Recordist. However it is vital to be able to show a strong interest in sound and an understanding of its physical properties. Typical starting salary: £16,000 - £18,000 in an established studio or in television and radio. Typical salary with experience, e.g. after ten years in the role: £30,000 - £35,000.

Methods of recruitment

National press are the papers that sell across the country and highlight national events, like the Daily Mail and The Guardian. Bellow you can see that there is a job advertisement section in the paper and a category for media.

  

Trade press

Trade magazines and newspapers typically contain advertising content centred on the industry with little general-audience advertising. They also it mainly contains industry-specific job notices, a highly pertinent aspect to many readers. Seen bellow is a trade specific magazine and is likely to only contain adverts of media jobs.

The Internet

The internet is the new and fast way for looking for a job and there are specific websites for job seekers. Bellow you can the website TotalJobs.com which I found in no time using a search engine, It shows 5,800 media jobs and you can apply online.

Trade fair

Trade fairs are exhibitions so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and examine recent market trends and opportunities. For example Comic con is a fair where all cartoon media fans meet and display their latest projects.

Word of mouth

This is literally when you tell someone orally, you could be told about a job in the media by a friend or maybe by someone that works at the business. 

Personal Contacts & Networking

You may have contacts in the media trade and if they were to be opening a vacancy they could contact you personally, them may not be in the media trade but know of a media job that is open.

Internal Promotion

The assessment of an employer's current staff to ascertain if any current employees are sufficiently skilled or qualified to perform required job vacancies. When a business engages in internal recruitment, a current employee might be reassigned to the new position by giving them either a promotion or an internal transfer.   

Task 6

Portfolio

A portfolio is a collection of documents and writing that you assemble in order to demonstrate that you have the appropriate prior and experiential learning. At the moment I am currently keeping all of the certificate achievements in a folder so that I have a large number of documents to show and to prove that I am committed and to show my achievements.

Showreel

A showreel is a short videotape containing examples of an actor's or director's work for showing to potential employers. You could use a short film that you have made, here is an example of a shot advertisement I made.

Personal website

A personal website is one that you own and you can advertise yourself off this website. I don’t personal have my own website but here is an example of my teachers’ website for his professional video and film production, http://www.trettfilms.com/ .

Task 7

Interviewing skills are a group of skills that you can use to help get the job over the other applicants. It is always good to keep eye contact with the person you are talking to, rather than looking elsewhere. This can be a problem with people that suffer with social interaction but on a day to day basis if you just try to talk to someone with eye contact over time your confidence will grow.

With presentations it can be boring for some of the people watching, a good bit of advice is not keep a monotone voice, let your voice raise in specific parts but don’t go over bored. It is also good to use interesting visual aid to keep your views engaged and with the same in interviewing skills, look your audience in the eye and try to look at everybody. Good practise for this would be giving a presentation to some of your friends or with volunteers.

Self-presentation- as far as Linguistic codes go it is always good to speak formally at interviews, try to stay away from colloquial language and using curse words. You need to remember that you are trying to sell yourself to the interviewer. For interviews and formal events it is always good to dress in a suit or shirt and tie, make yourself look good. It is also good to have a clean shave and wash before your interview to make sure that you are clean and do not have body odder. Interpersonal skills are the skills used by a person to properly interact with others. In the business domain, the term generally refers to an employee's ability to get along with others while getting the job done. Interpersonal skills include everything from communication and listening skills to attitude and deportment.  It is good practise to dress up now and then to go out or just for a day. A reference is a letter written by any old employer or teacher, they will write the honest truth about you and how they thought you worked. These can be a great help because it shows the interviewer the real you. It is always good to keep good relations with bosses and ex-employers.

Task 8

Employee training on the job while he or she is doing the actual job. Usually a professional trainer (or sometimes an experienced employee) serves as the course instructor using hands-on training often supported by formal classroom training.

Self-training is when you take it on your own responsibility to train yourself, for example you can self-train on how to use a DLSR and to use Premier pro.

Sources of information

A trade union is an organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. For example Industrial Workers of the World.

Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) are independent UK wide organisations. They are employer-led and their primary purpose is to deal with the skills and productivity needs of their sector throughout the UK.

Careers Service provides information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities. For example NCS help people train for trades and find a career.

Task 5

Dear whom it may concern,

I am applying for the role of Media operations officer which I found on the RAF careers website. 

The nature of my recent college Sub-diploma has prepared me for this position. During my Sixth form educating I had to stick to deadlines and work under pressure. Some other great skills I have required are having great initiative, being self-motivated and I also have great social skills and I am able to work with anyone. My recent course in Creative media (TV & Film) gave me a great understanding of the industry and I found myself being much more focused in class.

I have a great understanding on current public affairs and like to keep up to date on what’s going on in the world. I like to look at the news on all platforms from newspapers to radio broadcasting. I would love to represent the Royal Air Force and to have the opportunity to progress my knowledge of media.

Thank you for taking the time read this application and I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours gratefully, Daniel Middleton