
Thursday, August 20, 2009
What is your dream job?

Jobs in Fashion

There are all sorts of jobs in fashion like fashion design, fashion merchandising, costume design, personal stylist, fashion photography, fashion journalism, and modeling. Like any job, you need to study and work hard to become skilled in the position you wish to pursue.
Here are a couple examples of internships I found on FreeFashionInternships.com:
Farquharson

Updates from Nikki Farquharson , expanding on the colour explosion illustration work alongside clean, minimal design work ― the series of one-off books are a particular treat. Also check Random Got Beautiful and her Flickr
Stefan Kanchev's logotypes

Stefan Kanchev (1915-2001) was a Bulgarian graphic artist. He studied mural painting in the National Art Academy and worked in all the areas of applied arts. He was an author of numerous covers of books with folklore fairytales, posters, trade marks, postcards, advertisements, forms and envelopes, post stamps, labels, packages and etc.
He is well known by logotype aficionados for the gracious symbols and typographic signatures he designed, and for which he was granted international recognition.
His amazing collection of logos have been recently compiled and presented in a new website.
Looking For Computer Graphic Design

About thirty percent of those in a computer graphic design career work independently as freelancers. Nearly half of all freelancers hold regular jobs in either computer graphics or some computer related jobs.These small companies can not afford to pay the fees demanded by large design firms.
Computer graphic design can offer you a variety of career options. You can seek a career in print or audio advertising, television or film media, and book or magazine publishing. Not so much in terms of variety but you could expect a steady stream of work if you seek a career in a large or small specialist company. Or you may even decide to work as a freelancer in this profession.
If you wish to pursue this as a career, a college degree, desire, and knowing where you want to go is not enough. Development of skills in using computer graphic software and other computer-related work is essential. A portfolio carrying some of your best work must be made. These portfolios are important in the sense that the contents decide whether you would get the future assignments or would be perennially wait for your career to take off.
As soon as you finish your college and have made up your mind as to what you want to do, your aim should be to get that first entry level job. Computer graphic design jobs can be found through online job boards, classified ads both in print and online, and through your college or universities job placement center. Freelance jobs can be found through online job boards, classifieds, and work for hire job boards. Work for hire boards? Wish you good luck and better fortunes as you pursue a graphic design career.
Laying it Out

As with so many design jobs, design is only part of it. In developing their recommendations, the team also had to build consensus within the company, convincing decision-makers in different departments — and from different market backgrounds — to agree on the what and where of instruments on the panel. To do that, the team created this "design rationale" – a single schematic that revealed the logic behind the proposed layout. This, the designers said, helped move everyone past "us vs. them" thinking and got them excited about the design process.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Oil plant in Dubai

Typically, most of the field and onsite work force at oil rigs and plants are from South Asian nations. The labour and manpower is very cheap. Most often, the top executive positions are held by Westerners and Europeans, although it’s in no way exclusive. Salaries are high, surpassing the norms of other industries. Most oil and gas sector jobs in Dubai are offered with excellent remuneration packages, often including extensive insurance coverage, company vehicles, paid accommodation and many other benefits.
Oil end Gas Sector Jobs in Dubai

Dubai is best known as a global commercial and shopping destination, but that’s not all this prosperous emirate has to offer. The jobs in Dubai are popular, tourism is booming during the winter and spring seasons, international trade fairs and exhibitions are aplenty each year and to top it all, there are a great many festivals too. As a place for employment, Dubai has taken centre stage among Asians who seek high income opportunities, but it’s now a haven for Western and European job seekers as well. The oil and gas sector in Dubai must be given a special mention, because it’s among the few industries still hiring employees, despite the global recession.
Graphic Design Jobs

What if I’m not looking for a job yet?
One of the best things you can do is research jobs you might be interested in for the future. If you don’t know what is expected of you, how will you ever be able to land your dream job? Keep an eye on these sites and look around from time to time to see what jobs appeal to you.
Write down what the requirements are such as technical skills and years of experience so you can prepare yourself better. You will be surprised at how much is expected of graphic designers.