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Faizan-uk

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Registered since : 13 May 2007

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Posted reply 2 August 2008 01:11

Thank you SW. Your advice is really very helpful and I will definitely benefit from it.
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Posted reply 1 August 2008 19:20

SurreyWeb, post: 7940 a écrit : Hi Faizan

If you want to attain a degree, that's fine, although qualifications are not the most important thing.

When you are looking for a position, or offering freelance help, gear your approach to human nature. Business owners are less interested in what you have achieved than what you can do for them.

Be subtle but gear your approach along those lines. In reality, if you sit in front of someone and tell them you have a degree, or two degrees, they are just going to think, well, that's OK. If they truly believe you are going to put bread on their table as well as yours, much more interesting.
Hey SW, thanks! No, I cannot afford to get a degree as of now but I do aim to have one in a couple of years time when I can actually afford it on my own.

Thanks for all the advice. I'll be more careful with how I word my cover letters next time.

Do you think that it's better to look for an in-house job or start approaching SMEs that do not have web sites (or have unprofessional graphics)?
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Posted reply 1 August 2008 17:08

I'm a very happy customer of Site5.com
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Posted reply 1 August 2008 16:38

Are my qualifications/experience not enough?

I'm having a really hard time getting any work these days and I really need something (a job or freelance) to support myself. I have a BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Designs (Grade: DDM) and a lot of freelance (mostly web) work.

I wrote here earlier when I had no BTEC and now that I do have that and time, there's nothing out there for me.

All the "junior artworker" jobs that I applied to so far have either not replied or sent a decline. Does one really really need a degree??

Resume available on my site below...
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Posted reply 8 June 2007 17:34

Quark is just as good as InDesign you know, so don't worry about it. Forget Freehand though, thats just non-existent now. LOL.

I use Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS2 (because it has Live Trace and Paint!!) and Quark 7. All are awesome packages ^_^
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Posted reply 7 June 2007 17:28

I usually use PayPal for my Worldwide customers and bank account for the ones based in the UK. 🙂
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Posted reply 7 June 2007 17:22

Hey

I'm in my first year of BTEC ND in Graphic Designs and I just got employed by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, so I don't think that it matters much.

Posted reply 30 May 2007 16:18

I don't see why they would have a problem if you mention that you did this and that work for that agency. Afterall, it's YOUR work.
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Posted reply 19 May 2007 23:11

Check this out. It's pretty helpful. :)

Freelance Journalism, information and news for journalists :: Freelance UK


And I'm sure that someone else will be able to give you more help.
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Posted reply 16 May 2007 13:47

Ahha.. thats great. Thank you. 🙂 I was really worried about the other two programs.
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Posted reply 15 May 2007 18:54

If you are, I'm gonna hunt you down and get a copy. LOL.

I wouldn't sign it if I was you because it's hard to keep things secret. I slip a lot of stuff from various things. lol.
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Posted reply 14 May 2007 21:07

I can hook you up with a great design and an even greater functionality and unlike AIP Instant Updater, you don't have to pay extra for the script that I use.

You can see some of my work here
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Posted reply 13 May 2007 14:23

Hi

My college only teaches us Quark and Illustrator because they say that these are the 'industry standards' but a lot of job descriptions ask for InDesign and Freehand as well as the other two. Why is that? They do the same jobs anyway so why would they ask for two different packages with the same abilities?

I haven't used InDesign or Freehand so I'm not sure if they're as complex as Quark and Illustrator.

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