This document discusses various types of employment opportunities and contracts within the creative media sector. It describes part-time, full-time, freelance, shift work, voluntary work, temporary work, casual work and hourly paid/piecework. It also discusses different methods of recruitment within the sector, including job centers, local and national press, personal contacts, networking, and the internet.

1. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE CREATIVE MEDIA SECTOR
BEN HOLMES

2. TYPES OF CONTRACT
Part-time workers rarely receive benefits or paid
for sick leave and time off for holidays etc.
Full-time employment means that you are paid a
monthly salary for a given amount of hours per
month. This salary is paid despite public
holidays.
Freelance is someone who is self employed, the
advantages are you can work your own hours
but if the company was to go bankrupt you
could be left with no money.

3. Shift work is when a company is open 24
hours the disadvantage of this are high
energy bills.
Voluntary work is where you volunteer to
work for a company, this work is rarely
paid.
Temporary workers work for a company
temporarily, this is good for experience
but it is not a secure job.

4. Casual workers can be called in a morning and told that they
have work today, some times there can be no work for
days but sometimes there can be a lot of work available.
Hourly paid workers get paid a set amount per hour, if you
work overtime you get time and a half for each hour.
Sometimes hourly pay means you earn less money.
Piecework; Supervision may be needed to ensure units are
to a high standard. An advantage of this is that workers
will try harder to get a higher wage.

5. RECRUITMENT WITHIN THE CREATIVE
MEDIA SECTOR
Job centres & careers advice People can go to job centres
to get help with looking for jobs, people who work in
these job centres are trained to help people develop CV’s
and other things that would give a greater chance of
employment.
Local & national press is a non-profit organization that
provides training for journalists and awards excellence.
An advantage of this is people are awarded for good work
but the company only specializes in journalism.

6. personal contacts & word of mouth help team
building however it might not work and could
make it difficult to work.
Networking creates a positive working
environment but could divide the company if
some workers don’t agree.
Internet helps people to connect and find files
around the world but it can be dangerous to a
certain audience.