Article: How to be the designer every agency wants to hire

The above article is a great insight into key points that will help you stand out from the crowd in the job market, the article touches upon having a unique and ever changing design portfolio that fits over multiple medias. Such as physical and digital portfolios such as Behance, Linkedin and your own personal website to show case not only your final pieces but your journey to the final pieces as many design agencies are looking at how you think and if they can easily integrate you into there team. And that the sooner we get our name out there the better as theres more time for our name to be seen.
When applying for a job it important that our CV is different for each job as no one job in design is the same and that it is important that we meet the criteria that the job requires, as the design studio has taken time to give insight into the kind of person they are looking for. It is also important in the CV to simply document the facts and more importantly the experience we have as the experience we have will allow us for 'one ups' against other candidates.
It is also crucial to be able to network and build a range of contacts weather its friends or just practitioners that you've met during visits to various things. These are important as they may prove vital during a project in which you require assistance with certain things.

After reading the article it has given me much to think about in ways to work and build upon my design practice during the summer holiday when I've got plenty of time too. I have only got Instagram because I'm quite shy about sharing my work, I've started a Behance but with Instagram I get a quick responce as I like the quick responce as it gives me instant response to my work and gives me instant confidence in the piece of work. I will also be attempting to build my own online website in order to build my own area on the web, as it is important to not rely on one website as the crucial web influences come and go.