Starting Out and Riding the Media Tsunami

You graduated from University and the fun ended all too abruptly, adult life beckoned you with one slender finger emerging from a black hooded cape, it was time to decide on a career.

To get the fun back in life you, (like me), probably thought "Well I'd like a career with a good amount of creative input. Money? Schmoney! Cash isn't too important - well, it is a little bit, so maybe I'd like a job somewhere in between a stock broker and a janitor. And finally, I don't want to have to wear a suit to work, but am up for the challenge of a demanding, but satisfying job." 

If you told yourself all this - then you're looking for a career in the media industry. If you also said "and I want to do all of this in the worst recession in 20 years", you'd be somewhere close to where I am right now. 

It's been nine months since I started my adventure, and I've experienced the worst and the best of an ever-changing industry. Coming into it as a graduate, you expect to catch a break, jump the queue a little. Think again.

I'm going to tell you about the first lesson I learned.

The key word in my blog will be 'media' - a rainbow term. In the current recession, it's all about adapting. New media and different platforms are born into the industry every day, with only the fittest surviving. There have been massive cutbacks all over the media industry (TV, film, advertising - you name it), but there have also been a lot of new, thrilling ventures popping up all over the place. It's a great time to be open to all these different things, and the job-seeker can really benefit from it.

My career aims are to try and keep up with this vast media changing world. To adapt by blogging, twittering and all sorts of other stuff I don't yet even know about, but could possibly turn into a job. To be more aware of the digital tsunami that's wiping out traditional media forms right now, keeping one eye on the past and one eye on the future. Job searching in my opinion is about finding new opportunities everywhere, being resourceful and creative.

Fingers crossed.

More to come. Hopefully.