Starting A New Job: What You Need To Know To Succeed (Career Savvy)

5 tips for starting a career in PR

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During that time, you are probably learning more from the experience, than they are getting back in terms of your free labour, but if it goes on for a month or more, then you should be getting paid. Attend as many free events, screenings and launches as you can never pay to attend a networking event.

The first month

Make sure you connect with people, ask questions, find out what they're doing or how they got where they are. The good thing is that this is such a tough industry to crack, that most people are happy to give advice and point you in the right direction. Overdo it, and you'll be dismissed as too pushy. Don't do it, and no one will know you are there. You need to believe in yourself and be sincere. Don't overstay your welcome, but remember the person you are talking to will have been in your shoes.

Even major players are always happy to help someone who is sincere and polite. And if someone says they can't help, ask them politely if they know someone who can. Take the stressful, business aspect out of it, and just use it as a means to get to know people and find out more about the industry you're interested in working in.

Be relaxed about it, it's just a conversation. However, do make sure to find out the person's full name and what they do, so if you want to follow up you can Google and email them. I often see job on CVs which aren't on people's IMDB but understand that sometimes people aren't officially credited even though they were taken on. The trick is to put who you worked with on the job, sometimes they might know them, and will check that way.

It's important to get trusted feedback on your writing from an industry professional. It's also important to read as many scripts as possible, rather than just watching work and writing them. This gives you insight into how the 'experts' do it. This will build up your network, and your reputation, and also help develop your understanding of what technically can be required from a script.

Meanwhile, keep writing and talking about your ideas to people. This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional. To get more content and advice like this direct to your inbox, sign up for our weekly update and careers ebook.

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Successful artists know that their success is a marathon and not a sprint, so you need to maintain your health to stay in the game. Make time in your schedule to stretch, exercise, go for walks, cook healthy meals and have conversations with your peers, family, and friends. Artist and creator of The Savvy Painter , Antrese Wood, points to these toxic relationships as holding artists back from reaching their potential.

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We can choose who to listen to and what advice to take. You may have heard the adage that we are the sum of the five people we spend the most time with. Spend it with those that push you to succeed, those that have succeeded as an artist and those that inspire you to do so. Not all advice is created equal. This goes hand-in-hand with the fear of failure.

Artists who obsess on the need to make everything perfect often are afraid of failure. But, the irony in this is that they then fail to ever put anything out there.

The only path to growth is putting your work out to the public. The hard reality is that you will probably fail over the course of your art career however you define that. The comforting part of this is that so will everyone else. Everyone contributes to the world in their own way. We need doctors and lawyers and teachers, but we also need artists and craftsman and creatives that make our world interesting, vibrant and enjoyable.

Your challenge is to find out what you are at your core and then do it.

7. I have some TV experience, but wasn't credited for it. Do I put this on my CV?

They then either feel guilty when they are in the studio away from their family or away from the studio and not working. But, guilt is counterproductive emotion. If you find yourself feeling this way, remind yourself that your work is important and needed - it is what makes you whole and able to contribute more fully to your family when you are there. Self-doubt definitely plays a role, but it can be empowering to know that not everyone is going to love your technique or subject, and that is ok.

It means you are getting at something interesting and something different.

Your job is to say something and to reach someone. Ask yourself if you would make the work you make today if no one would ever see it. But, successful artists know that their growth comes from within and not from external praise.

Successful artists know that they have to be organized to get ahead. Not only does being organized cut down on the stress that comes along with an art career, it helps you present yourself with professionalism.

Knowing where your artwork is, who you sold each piece to, and how to get any of the critical information at the drop of a hat is a vital part of finding success as an artist.

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