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1. LearningAimD: Use NetworkingTechniquestoExplore EmploymentOpportunitiesInthe Digital
MediaIndustry
Networkingissomethingthatisextremelyimportantwhentryingtogainmore connectionswithin
any industrynotjustmedia.Thisisdue to the fact that youcan speakto people withthe same or
similarinterests.Ihave createdashowreel anda website whichcontainssome of the workthatI am
mostproud off
Website
One of the courseswhichwe have isSkillsDevelopment,Inone of oursessionswe hadbeentasked
withcreatingour ownpersonal website we hadbeenrecommendedtouse WiX.Duringmytime
tryingto create my website Ihadlearnedthatthere isa range of new skillsthatIcouldlearnand use
infuture endeavours,Ihadalsorealisedthatcreatingawebsite iskindof complicatedandalso
requiresalotof patience.Ihave notcompletedmywebsiteyetanditisstill a workinprogress
howeveritsemstobe comingalonggood and hopefullyshouldbe completedsoonasIam tryingto
create my website toahigherstandardso that itwill standoutfrom othersites.
We hadalso beengivenataskwhichrelatestonetworkingthiswascreatingourownLinkedin
accounts we hadbeengiventhistaskinorderto learnthingsaboutnetworkingandbuild upour
skills.We hadbeengivenadvice whenusingLinkedintodevelopourprofilesintothe industrywhich
we wouldlike toworkinside of inthe future,Thisisbecause itwill give isaplatforminorderforus
to promote ourwork forfuture endeavours.Iamstill howevertryinggetthe gripsof the site as it is
somethingnewtome as idneverusedthissite beforehand.Ialsobelievethattryingtogetthe hang
of the site isbetterthanjumpingthe gunand goingstraightintoitas you will endupnotdoing
somethingcorrectlywhere asif you getthe hang of it firstyouwill understandwhatyouwanttodo
and howyoudo it.This site isuseful forcompaniestolookatbecause ithas all of your skillsand
interestsandyoucan alsouploadyourworkon there.
One of the otherthingswhichIhad done was create a showreel forthisIhad decidedtouse blogger
due to the fact that it issomethingIam familiarwithaswe have beenusingitsince the startof
college.CreatingmyshowreelwassomethingthatIhad enjoyedbecause itgave me asense of
nostalgiareflectingbackonsome of my work/movieswhichI hadcreatedthroughoutmytime at
college.ItwasalsosomethingwhichIhadnevercreatedbefore whichgave me asense of
excitementasI enjoytryingnewthings.Before Ihadcreatedmyshowreel Ihadresearchedand
lookedatsome otherpeople showreels,WhilstIwasconductingthisresearchIhad realisedthatthe
bestshowreelsare keptshortandhave to lookprofessional asfuture employerswilllikelylookatit.
Thistherefore meantthatithad to lookneatand presentableandnotall overthe place and messy.I
had keptthe layout/themeof the showreel thatissomethingthatkindof relatestomediabefore
uploadingmyworkwithtitlessothatit iseasyto understandwhatiswhat.
Work Experience
In myfirstyear of college we hadwentona trip to SparkFM radiostationwe had beengivenatour
aroundthe radiostationandwe had the workersexplainwhateverythingwaswe hadthenbeen

2. givenanopportunitytoworkin groupsand create a piece forthe radioand were able tocontrol the
songsplayedetc.The Spark radioismainlya familyfriendlystationwhichdoesnotinclude songs
withexplicitlanguage thisradiomainlyplaysmainstreammusicwhichare inthe charts,the target
audience forthisradioismainlystudentsandalsoyoungadults thisisbecause the stationis
situatedwithinthe universityof Sunderland.Duringmysecondyearwe hadwentonnumeroustrips
overto spark FMand learnedanumberof new thingsI wasalso giventhe opportunitytocomplete
my workplacementwithafriend atthe radio stationwhichwasa 3 daycourse.Duringmy time at
the radio stationIhad learnedarange of new skillssuchasbeingable toeditsongsthat were
deemedappropriatetobe playedonthe radioas well asalsoleaningwhatthe difference isbetween
differentradiostationsthisplacementhelpedme witharange of new skillsaswell asthisitalso
allowedme toboostmyown confidence skillsasIwas workingwithnew peoplewhoIhavntmet
before.
In mylast yearI was supposedtocomplete aworkplacementwiththe SunderlandHealthand
SupportMediaTeam howeverasuitable time formymeetingwasnotable to be arrangedand due
to some personal issueswasnotable togo ahead.Whenone of my meetingswasmeanttotake
place we had beenplaced intoalockdownmeaningmyplacementwasnotable togo ahead
Online Webinars
My classwasinvitedtoattenda range of differentwebinarsone of whichbeinganevent hostedby
the universityof Sunderlandandthe NorthernFilmof Mediathe eventwasnamed“The filmsof
RidleyScottduringthiseventLordPuttnamhadspoke to RidleyScottandhad askedhima number
of differentquestionsabouthiscareer.BywatchingthistalkI had learnedthatmakingmyvoice
knownoversocial mediaandsharingstoriesasit isa keyway inorderfor people tomake
themselvesheardwhetheryouare youngerorworkingclass.AnotherthingwhichIhadlearnedwas
that the news,factual entertainmentandmore now offera more diverse range of entrylevel
opportunity’s.ThiswebinarIhadalsomade me realise thatanythingispossible if youputyourall
intosomethingnomatteryourbackground and that youcan buildsomethingamazingfromthe
lowestpointsinyourlife andbounce backtobe extremelysuccessful.Anotherthingisalsothatit
doesn’tmatterhowoldyouare youdon’tjust have to be youngertobecome successful andthere is
a lot of people thatdon’tstart somethingtobecome successful till theyare older.
My classhad alsobeeninvitedtoattendone of the BBC’s talkswhichhadbeenaboutdifferentjobs
and rolesthatare available withthe mediaindustry.The personpresentingthe speechhadalso
givenusan insightasto what isneededinorderforyouto stand outfrom otherapplicantsandalso
howmuch of a varietyof jobsare available inmedia.FromthistalkIhad learnedthingsthatcould
be changedon my CV in orderforit to be more appealingtothe employersIhadalsobeentaught
howto presentmyworkin orderfor the employertounderstandwhat kindof jobwouldbe suitable.
I had alsobeenshownhowtoapplyfor jobsthroughthe BBC website ratherthansome randomjob
site ongoogle.We had alsobeengivenaninsightasto whatdifferent jobswithinthe industryentail
and whatday to day life islike inaspecificsector.