WEEK 13 JOURNAL

On the 5^th of June I met my mentor David. This is very excited thing for me. David teaches my course ‘Industry and Practice’ this semester and the conversation in the end of the semester is very helpful for me. David asked me about my internship experience in China and helped me to plan my critical analysis structure of the course “Internship and project”.  In addition, he also gave me many useful suggestion about the further development of my career, which is quite different way to get the knowledge in class and it widened my horizon in a new way. We also explored many interesting differences in oriental Culture and western Culture, it diversified my thinking. I feel so lucky to meet him as my mentor and friend in my Uni life.

WEEK 12 JOURNAL

For the Portfolio I made, I believe that I have tried my best to complete it. I search many different samples for comparison after that I select the most suitable one as the template for every single part. From the feedback, I found that the video clip is too long for my portfolio because it is one of the TV program series. It is my negligence that there are no bilingual subtitles for my video, I think I will improve it in the future.

WEEK 11 JOURNAL

This week, as it is near the course completion, the lecture returns to discuss the concept of the Creative Professional. I listened to the excerpts of a presentation from industry speaker who named Anna Vincent. Anna is a film producer and company director of Southern Light Alliance. She is also an alumna of UniSA, graduating with a BA in Journalism. She talked through her almost 30-year career trajectory, which inspired me to choose a job attracted me and try my best to work on it.

WEEK 10 JOURNAL

From this lecture, I got information of insights about the state of the market for creatives in South Australia from the guest speakers, as well as the ‘101’ of job search hints, interview techniques, CVs and presentation tips. I need to set my career goals which means it is necessary to make a career plan. Then I learnt several tips for writing great resumes. Writing a compelling cover letter is quite important, which can capture the attention of the reader and demonstrate the qualities.

WEEK 9 JOURNAL

Several guest speakers made a presentation about their first couple of years after graduation. Pure Thring was offered a job after finishing her degree. She worked as a tutor to teach students in Introduction to Digital Media. She watched students grow and make their ideas become a reality. I think it is meaningful to accompany with students to grow. At the end of her first year out, she made a decision to be a freelance filmmaker which is her truly expectation. I have an idea that I should try some different jobs then find the most suitable one.

Prue Thring: Video Editor – Channel Nine

A Little Bit About Prue Thring: Biography File

WEEK 8 JOURNAL

This week’s lecture discusses about many significant issues of personal branding. A brand is a commercial representation of me and my work in the marketplace. The elements of a brand include corporate identity and corporate visual identity. Brand terminology and brand analysis is important to know. It is meaningful to set a problem list of setting up the personal brand, which will be of benefit to creating the personal brand. Paying attention to the brand direction over time is necessary as well.

WEEK 7 JOURNAL

There is a reciprocal relationship between self-exploration and environment exploration. They keeps a dynamic balance which is two directional and co-dependent. (Greenhaus, Callanan & Godshalk 2009, p. 88) There are many factors need to be consider to get job-ready. So it is significant for us to understand what kind of organisation is the most suitable, which will be benefit to me during the transition from student to professional. It is necessary for us to get on-the-job experience as well. Finally, targeting the job search is useful.

Reference

Greenhaus, JH, Callanan,GA & Godshalk, VM 2009, ‘Applications of the Career Management Model’, Career Management, SAGE Publications, California, pp. 86–90.

WEEK 6 JOURNAL

From this week’s lecture, I can learn about how to make a career plan by contemplating step by step. It lists many services offered by the University for the graduating junior as well. It is quite important to clear our personal options, which means we should create our individual career pathway with specific aim. There are many internal opportunities for those soon-to-be graduates. It is convenient for students to get professional associations from both physical and online method.

WEEK 5 JOURNAL

The lecture of this week goes into detail about considering the influence of different organisations on a variety of factors in a workplace. In general, the larger scale certain type of the organisation has, the more extensive hierarchy is (Wiley 2015, p. 38). It is easier for a small-scale organisation to make a decision, which means it is complex for those big organisation to make any decision.

Reference

Wiley, J & Sons 2015, ‘Perspectives on Organizational Design until Recent Times’, Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practices, 2nd edn, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Cornwall, pp. 27–52.

WEEK 4 JOURNAL

There is a detailed introduction about types of organisations from this week’s lecture. Organisations is the place where you are able to seek out an occupation. There are mainly three different kinds of organisations, which are companies, government agencies, and not-for-profit organisations, respectively. Besides, sole trader and partnership both are organisation types as well. It is quite hard to operate an organization like a sole trade because there are numerous factors need to be thought about. However, the primary factors which need to be considered for various types of organisations are almost same.