My advice for helping other students secure a placement in 2011. Includes information about making an online profile, the interview and what to expect when you start.

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Finding your placement
Where to start…

2. Creating and defining your online presence
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3. Where to look
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• Magazines (.net, Computer Arts, Digital Art, etc)
• Shows, Events, Career Fair’s
• Internet/ Search Engines

4. Making contact and applying – it’s time to justify
your hard work
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• Make a convincing cover letter… start applying now!
• Be very persistent – remind the company of your interest
• Log all details (names, numbers, emails, addresses etc.)
• Don’t let any setbacks stop you from looking

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The interview – it’s nothing like an interrogation
• Obvious or not, look presentable – it’s your one chance to impress
your potential manager
• The company are only looking to know more about you. They
understand we are still students

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• Make a cover letter template and make slight modifications for
each application
• From my experience, placements abroad are incredibly
difficult to come by
Recommendations
• Leave your choices open

7. Regrets
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• Start looking as soon as possible
• Consider the distance to commute
• Using initiative

8. The reality of a placement
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• Be prepared to work your socks off
• Amazing opportunity to make new contacts and friends

9. Utilising your placement
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• New business contacts
• Great opportunity to think ahead for final year project
• Develop personal and business skills
• Learn how to use new software that you previously might not
have access to at home

10. Thank you
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Mail: jd285@kent.ac.uk, james.dolan@disney.com
… best of luck finding your placements!
Questions?

11. Links
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www.linkedin.com
www.xing.com
www.deviantart.com
www.audiotool.com
www.twitter.com
www.flickr.com
www.wordpress.com
www.vimeo.com