I was browsing through some other advertising blogs this weekend and stumbled across one that discussed the current job market. The poster talks about how lame some creative advertising applicants have become.
This links to Creative Beef's Blog
I'll be the first to admit that this post makes me nervous. If the job market is sparse now, imagine what we have to look forward to in the coming year. I'm hoping we will have an advantage, being that we'll be fresh out of school and cheap to hire. However, cheap work and free work are not quite the same. I mean, what would you choose, cheap pancakes or free ones? I just feel more and more discouraged each day. The pressure of having a dozen internships before anyone will hire you is just ridiculous. I know that this is something that shouldn't be discounted, but I find it frustrating that I'm supposed to work at a handful of agencies before I get any money!
How is everyone else feeling about this? I hope I'm not the only one scared of finding a summer internship in time..
First off I completely agree about the panic mode that can set in shortly after forgetting to block out the fact that you have to get a job eventually. What scares me is when we started this adventure at Ringling they told us that the market was down now but by the time we graduated we would be in prime position for the upswing. I am a very hopeful person but it is hard for me to believe we will be much better off then 3 years ago. The thing that gets me is whether they want you to be creative and cocky in the way your present yourself because that seems like it would be a bit of a turn off. Either way I get more and more worried that this pipe dream I have is going to be nothing more than getting flushed down the toilet.
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