Be selective and only show the work you are most proud of. People are busy and will often only scan through it. And NO spelling mistakes!! People will quickly lose faith in you: if there are mistakes on your CV, people will think you must make mistakes elsewhere.īe ready to show your work but beware of a portfolio that it too large. Design a business card in the same graphic style as your CV (as soon as lockdown has ended you will need these for when you visit people, shows and potential employers). A CV should start with a brief, succinct personal statement which can be later tailored for a Press Release. Your CV should be no longer than one page of A4, it should be graphically eye catching and include an image of you on it ‘looking busy and employable’.
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It should live on your desktop so you can update it or tailor it for different purposes. These can be really helpful as they explain what people do in the roles they have.īe ready to show your CV to anyone who asks to see it.
If you dig around a website there is often a tab called careers, or people or the team. Research websites of people and companies you admire and might like to work with. Send them a short email first asking when is a good time to call. Most people will be happy to talk to you on the phone. Talk to your tutors and any professionals you’ve met before. They all have contacts and may know of jobs arising way before they are advertised. Remember the people you have worked with in the past, or those who were in the years above you at college or at school – what are they doing now? Find them and talk to them. Research people and companies and what they do. Role titles can be confusing and will include buyer, marketing, sales, project manager, as well as design, design engineer, technical designer, CAD designer, upholstery designer and a variety of different furniture making roles. Read websites, blogs, vlogs…and talk to people. Do you know what kind of job you want? Often people do not know what the variety of jobs are in the furniture industry. So, with a pro-active attitude and a pen in hand, here are some top ten tips to help you get a job or to find your place in the furniture industry: The most important thing to note is that you are in control of how you will stand out. There may not be many jobs out there right now but there are loads of ways you can prepare so that you are ready for when things do emerge, because when they do, you could find yourself in a sea of competition. NEXT STEPS (or finding a job in a post-pandemic world) Speaking with employers, potential employees and those thinking of starting their own business or even wanting to volunteer or train to teach, the aim of this feature is to give advice to anyone wanting to work in the furniture industry. With the future uncertain, the burden of student loans hovering and the jobs market sparse, what should we all do next? There are new kinds of apprenticeships now too, degree courses, short courses, private courses and even PhDs for people wanting to work in the furniture and interiors industry at any level. There are opportunities arising, alongside a great many people who have had time to reconsider what they might do next in the new normal we will face. With few jobs, uncertain finances and many people job searching at the same time, might there be other ways of finding work and realigning ourselves for new roles within the furniture industry? It is a hugely rewarding role which I enjoy immensely. Under normal circumstances I help them find jobs, advising them along the way whilst speaking with employers about the kind of people and skills they need, matching the jobs to the people and the people to the jobs. She has a PhD in Furniture Design and lives in Oxfordshire with her family.Įmail: dr lynn jones/furniture/ Whether a victim of redundancy, company restructuring or even a graduate finishing a degree course, there are far more people looking for a job now, looking to retrain or considering a whole new direction than I have ever experienced. She also gives furniture career guidance, employability talks and graduate workshops for universities, colleges and trade associations. Lynn is a furniture specialist External Examiner at several universities in the UK and abroad. With a large network of furniture companies, furniture courses, furniture graduates and alumni, she now runs a recruitment service tailored to the furniture industry. Dr Lynn Jones, formerly Furniture Department Manager in a university with a leading reputation for furniture manufacturing in the UK, has helped hundreds of graduates find work in the furniture and interiors industry.
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