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)?
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??
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.
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.
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.
