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designmax · New User Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 5 Career Advice: +0/-0

Hello,
I'm a 22 years old european student.
I'm Looking for part-time job like retouching , photo-editing , webdesign, data-entry or something like that. I'm working with Photoshop and other Adobe products. Also I have good skills in HTML , MS OFFICE and OPPEN OFFICE. I can make all kind of advertising banners , photo-editing , web graphics and data base work...
I have experience in making all kind of graphic advertisements for magazines and newspapers.
You can see my exemplary design projects on http://hstoyanov.hit.bg/ and http://kkd1.hit.bg

I'm very ambitious and responsible person , so if you have a REAL offer for me, please contact me.

Pauloz · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:33 am Post subject:

designmax

Sorry about the edit, but we make a point of protecting our members from abuse, nuisances, and scams. We've had a few experiences with pests, and it's too late to do anything afterwards.

The idea is that an employer sees your post, and responds with a verifiable site, contact, etc., so you can be sure they're who and what they say they are.

We check these things, too, and look out for scams. In your line of work, you're creating valuable product, and we can tell you if you're being bothered by a turkey or not. I come from an advertising background, including commercial art in the family, and I can tell you the need is for paying customers. Time wasters also need to enthusiastically avoided.

What you've got here is a good start at a portfolio. In many cases, when applying for jobs, you can include your purely creative stuff, too, it's often a job getter.

If you have a look at the graphics job ads, you'll find you're in the right place for your skills. Your work is industry standard, good clean stuff with no mess or frills, and you would get interest from advertising agencies looking to outsource. There is quite a demand, and natural interest in the industry, which is always looking for content and above all quality. You can cold canvass very effectively in this field, and you can get a lot of useful information with a phone call or an interview.

(The phone call will be yes or no regarding work, but a brief conversation can tell you a lot.)

You also have a big advantage in this line of work. You can work freelance, contract, and salaried jobs, simultaneously, if you can keep it all organized and hit deadlines reliably. The money is excellent, and having multiple income streams reduces the stress levels, a lot.

designmax · New User Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 5 Career Advice: +0/-0

So do you think, what I do is good enough to get the job I want?
I'm desperate , in my country the part-time posittions are too little, and right now I can't get a full time job.
I'll be thankful for any suggestions , or anything that will be helpful for me to have better chances for finding a job.

Pauloz · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:33 am Post subject:

designmax · New User Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 5 Career Advice: +0/-0

I live in Bulgaria. The sallaries in my country are very low, so I constantly search for part-time jobs all over the world, but in 99% of the cases, the jobs wich I find, are just one big lie and waste of time.

Pauloz · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject:

designmax · New User Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 5 Career Advice: +0/-0

Pauloz · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:39 am Post subject:

Designmax

Check this out: Design and Multimedia tab on the home page.

http://www.elance.com/

I work on Elance, and it's all legitimate contract work. You have to pay a subscription fee (use PayPal, you'll need an account to work on Elance anyway) and do a test to work on the site, but this is all bona fide work, and there definitely will be something for you.

Make sure you understand how the contracts work, what escrow is, and you can ask Elance if you get stuck.

If you check out the job ads, you'll see this is a bidding system, but don't get put off by that. You'll get a budget range, and you just bid within the client's budget. A lot of pros use Elance, and you can build up a respectable portfolio.

Also check out what rights you're signing over to the client. In most cases, they buy your work, but also buy the rights to it. That may or may not be OK, with work you want to keep for your own purposes.

You've already got what you need to work on Elance, in terms of the Adobe stuff, etc., so you'll be up to speed on the technical requirements.

As you can see, this is a big money site, $204 million worth of contracts. It's the original and the best of the freelancer sites, and it's very well organized. I got several gigs pretty quickly, and it's good training for working in the wider market, you'll learn a lot.

Get back to me on this thread if you have any problems, or need help with any of this stuff.

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