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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I've actually found my education as no detriment whatsoever to getting a job, my experience is that potential employers are far more concerned with portfolio than degree. Experience, however, will hold you back from some positions. I find the "need experience to get a job, need a job to get experience" thing to be some rather circular logic :) It took me a while to get my first position as several places couldn't see past the fact that i didn't have professional experience even tho i did have the skillset. Is this a relevant argument? In a certain sense it is, working in a real-life environment with client deadlines [b]is[/b] different than school no matter how much you argue it. For salary, from what i know Atlanta is a similar cost-of-living area to Houston so I can ballpark it for ya. Most entry-level positions here for web/interactive work seem to start at about $30k and range upwards a bit from there depending on employer. Print positions are generally $3-5k less as a starting salary. As far as looking you first need to have an online portfolio, it's really nice to give a potential employer a place they can reference your work, plus it's a place you can have a bit of fun with and show your personal style. After that I'd start checking websites like [url=http://www.monster.com/]monster.com[/url] and [url=http://www.flipdog.com/]flipdog[/url] for postings, [url=http://www.computerjobs.com/]computerjobs.com[/url] is another good one. Also do some research and look for local chapters of things like Art Director's Clubs, [url=http://www.aiga.org/]AIGA[/url], advertising agencies, etc., and see if they have websites or job boards with current openings. Hope that helps, good luck. Chris [img]http://www.notdecaf.com/images/fig_newsig.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.KAIROSinteractive.com/]KAIROSinteractive[/url] Loading...
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