So today in college we had a very interesting talk from the lovely Claire Corbett and Alan Kelly from Rothco. It's always interesting when we get outsiders and industry people in to talk to us, particularly if they're past students of the course, as Claire is. In general the teaching staff on the course are of a very high standard and I really feel like I'm learning a lot about the way the industry is structured and how it works, but to a certain extent, as students, we're rather cocooned and protected from the big bad world. There's a certain safety about being a masters student (even if it can be a stressful experience, in terms of workload, time pressures and financial difficulties). That's why it's nice to get more of an insight into the actual day-to-day workings of the industry from guest speakers.
Today Claire and Alan were talking about how to go about getting a job in the industry and it kind of put the fear into me. It's not a good time to be looking for a job in any industry or sector of the economy and this is true of advertising too. But it's not as if there aren't jobs out there. There are, but there are fewer of them so you have to try ten times as hard and you have to be damn good to get one. That's fine by me. It's the way things are and I'm willing to put in the work. It's just a bit of a daunting process that I've kind of been avoiding up until now. Getting together my portfolio and getting the work up to presentation standard just seems a little intimidating. I want work in there that will blow potential employers away but how do I know if my work is good enough? And I'm competing with 14 other extremely talented creatives in my course, never mind people in other courses or creatives who are already established in the industry and are looking for work.
It's something that's got to be done, and a challenge I plan on facing head on. But that doesn't mean I'm not allowed to be anxious about it, right? On the positive side everyone I've spoken to is sure that there are jobs out there for us, we'll just have to try a bit harder and be a bit more patient than in previous years. I'm sure I can manage that.
Anyway, I'd like to share a video that has nothing to do with advertising but that I really enjoyed over the weekend. It's a video from a bunch of students from Colaiste Lurgan, an independant Irish college based in Galway. The type of music they're singing isn't generally my kind of music but I think for a bunch of young people they've done a great job on it. There's a real shine off both the video and the song. It's the type of thing I would have loved to have had the opportunity to do at that age. Cé nach bhfuil Gaeilge íontach agam tá grá mór agam don teanga. Is rud íontach é nuair a feicfidh tú daoine óga ag baint úsáid as an teanga. Taispeánann é sin go bhfuil todhchaí do Ghaeilge.
I showed the video to my brother, who is a musician and a fellow Gaeilge-lover. I thought he'd like but I was mistaken. He can't stand the chord progression and directed me towards this song. Maybe you know it already?
Slán libh!
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