Good luck, be careful and be thorough.
Good luck, be careful and be thorough.
A court of appeal ruling that agency (part time workers employed via a third party) are not entitled to statutory sick page unless they are working for longer that three months.
BU have just made things a bit easier, well they’ve made it easier Open University have been doing this sort of thing for a while…..
You can now study for a Masters Degree online, whilst you work, in just 15months. This innovative MA allows you to use your work-based projects as the basis of your study. At the end of the MA you will have more than just a few essays and a certificate, you will have a portfolio of work that demonstrates that you are a master of your discipline and your future.
Using the latest online technologies it allows you to negotiate study with your personal tutor ensuring that the outcomes are relevant to your needs, and to fashion the course to suit your personal requirements within your own work environment.
We are looking for media practitioners who want to become creative leaders and initiators of change. Current students come from leading firms such as Electronic Arts, the FT, Habbo Hotel, BSkyB and a number are freelance.
Apply before mid August and get a discount! For further information visit: www.creativedesk.me.uk or email jwardle@bournemouth.ac.uk
Following the recent smoking ban in all public places across the UK, there has never been a better time to working in a bar / pub. Even towards the end of 2006 after the ban had been in force in Scotland, studies were showing that the health of Scotland’s bar staff has improved dramatically with reductions in asthmatic and allergy related illnesses.
Not only has the improved working conditions led to a healther working environment for the large number of temporary and shift based employees that work in the leisure industry but it would seem that the lack of smoke is prompting customers to spend more on better quality wines indicating an increase in sales and therefore happier employers!!
Having worked in Media for some time I was greatly amused when I came across this video on
youtube. It speaks some truths and takes a tongue in cheek look at advertising agencies.
Have a look and let us know your thoughts, there are some minor offensive words but if you want to work in media I guess you’ll have to get used to it, enjoy the video!
So where and what should you do? Well at the moment the smart money is in New Media (Online Sales), sales people working in digital are commanding higher starting salaries, with the average salary starting at £19,600, compared to £18,400 in media agencies and £17,950 in media sales, nearly a clear £2k difference in starting salary. After 1-2 years experience you can look to typically earn upwards on £27k compared to £23k in straight media sales….. how long this difference in the market place continues is an interesting question.
With these massive differences in salaries (start looking at the salary difference after 5 yrs) can the market sustain two completely different growth curves of income where two people are planning the same campaigns, for the same client and most probably whilst sitting on the same desk!
In short, you should get in now and get in quick, experience and supply of people wanting to work in online is going to become saturated eventually, looking at the market in a macro economic overview simply supply and demand dictates…. For good jobs working in online I would suggest looking at the New Media Age website.