Getting your ideal job (or any job, come to that) can be a real uphill struggle in the current economic climate. But is it any harder if you have a disability? Equal opportunities statements might well be printed in black and white at the bottom of application forms, but realistically, do they actually count for anything? When rejecting a perfectly well-qualified applicant, it’s very easy to trot out the phrase ‘there was someone with more directly relevant experience than you’. Nobody will be any the wiser as to whether that is the real reason or not; it’s impossible to prove. So in our evermore touchy-feely society, is having a disability in the current job market any less of a stigma now than it once was?
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Posts Tagged ‘Interviews’
Ticking the right [equal opportunities] box
Monday, March 14th, 2011Meet Jonathan Wilcock. Owner of Remedy Creative
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Based in Tunbridge Wells, Remedy is a small but beautifully proportioned creative agency with a ‘whatever it takes’ attitude. Overseeing the running of the busy shop is creative supremo Jonathon Wilcock.
Meet Alex Bamford. Art director and photographer.
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Alex has been working in advertising for over 25 years. Today he works on the Land Rover, Lloyds and Dell accounts for RKCR/Y&R. Not content with working in one of the best agencies around, he also spends much of his spare time stuck behind a tripod, looking through a tiny little window, dreaming up a whole bunch of very interesting images
Professional development courses: a load of old tosh?
Monday, August 30th, 2010
If, like me, you are registered with a number of job sites, you will probably get a weekly or even daily glut of emails telling you that you really ought to think about taking some sort of training course. Be it a course in Dreamweaver, Flash or anything else design or web-related, there is apparently a course for everyone in the job market out there. The trouble is, working out which courses are any good can be quite a challenge in itself.
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Meet Matt Phillips
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Matt is taking the plunge. He’s a digital designer who is turning his back on the security of full time employment and going freelance. He knows this is a high-risk strategy. He knows it could all go pear shaped. But a few weeks in and he’s finding the plunge surprisingly refreshing.
Meet James Watt
Friday, August 13th, 2010
BrewDog, a brewery with a difference, is the brainchild of 25-year old James Watt and his business partner and best mate Martin Dickie. Today it is Scotland’s largest independently owned brewery producing about 120,000 bottles per month. But that dear reader is only half the story. James is a self confessed risk-taker and his beer and its packaging courts controversy.
Meet Adam and Dan
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Dear Creative Director, Adam Lowe and Daniel Needham are a junior creative team looking for full-time employment in a top agency. Hey, it could be yours! These guys won a D&AD New Blood Award last year and were commended by YCN in 2010.
Meet Richard Selbourne
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Richard has won awards at D&AD, Creative Circle, British Television, Campaign Press, the Clios, Australian Award, the Aerials, UK Radio and Cannes. Today he is Head of Creative at HPS Group in Marlow, Bucks.
Meet Thor Santisiri
Friday, July 16th, 2010
At the age of 20, I was thrown together with this quietly spoken guy from Thailand to form a creative team. I soon realised this wasn’t going to be easy. He spoke little English. He couldn’t draw. He came from a totally different culture. He didn’t get the humour. He didn’t even like football.
Over countless bowls of wonton soup, we worked out a way of communicating with each other and slowly but surely the ideas began to spark. On one heady occasion we even managed to get some work into D&AD. In fact the guy from Thailand turned out to be a real creative genius. So today I’d like to introduce you to Thor Santisiri, former Chairman and Executive Creative Director of TBWA/Thailand. And my old art director.
Meet James Norrington
Friday, April 9th, 2010
James Norrington is Creative Director of the brand engagement agency Avvio. Multi-talented, he’s a digital designer, graphic designer, 3d designer and a dab hand at video editing. He’s also a pretty impressive wind-surfer and skier.