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How to create a strong portfolio
How to network and market yourself as a designer
How to manage time and prioritize tasks
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Your portfolio
When it comes to your portfolio website, focus on the essentials. You don't need an entirely bespoke all singing and dancing website to find work for yourself.
A strong thoughtfully ordered and presented body of work is much more important.
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Work from home conditions
- Prefer to work from home? Ask if you can. If they say no, do your first job, make a good impression, and then ask again the next time. You will stand a good chance of them agreeing. I now have a few clients who let me work remotely on small jobs or after the first day's brie...
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Get a good accountant
... preferably once who works with people in the creative sector.
Consider using an online invoicing system to manage your accounts.
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Preparing for the interview
- Research any potential new employer.
- At the interview (or by email) find out what hours you will be expected to work. You might have to travel to a different part of town or start at an unfriendly time.
- Find out your new employer's payment terms. Try to negotiate something ...
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Your hourly rate
Your hourly rate probably needs to be higher than you think. Research the going rate in your locality.
If people try to talk down your rate, stand firm. Once you agree to work for a reduced rate, it will be close to impossible to talk it back up again.
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If you want to change your behavior, break an unhealthy habit, or develop a new habit, find out all the information about it.
Find out if it suits you and your body, and how much you need to push yourself. If you can see how it benefits you, it can work as a motivation to k...
Losing your way
When you feel you've lost your way:
- If you've walked far in the wrong direction, you don't have to continue in it. Ask yourself if you're willing to get back on track.
- You may just need a course correction. If you already wrote a book, back up a step, find an agent and writ...
At work during an anxiety attack
- When you find yourself in an attack at work, ground yourself. Grip the arms of your chair tightly. Tense all your muscles for a count of 20. Then relax your body.
- Use self-talk: "It will pass. I just need to ride the wave."
- You may have to...
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