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  • Don’t even think about becoming a freelancer unless you have these 20 essential skills locked down

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | How many of us have thought about how wonderful it would be to be your own boss. Setting up your own business, and freelancing, can be so tempting, you have an idea, you want to take that idea and turn it into something amazing. Turning that idea into a…

  • How to Follow Up on a Job Application: An Email Template

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | I have been receiving a lot of enquiries from students recently through my 1-2-1 appointments and e-guidance, on how to follow up with an employer, once you have clicked send and submitted your application. This article provides some useful advice, and you can tailor your email template to suit…

  • 8 Ways to Be the Person Everyone Wants to Talk to at a Networking Event

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Mention the word ‘networking’ and for some of us, we become overwhelmed by fear, get anxious, and go into a cold sweat. We know it is really important for our jobs, and socially, so why do most people label themselves as ‘unsuccessful networkers’? For the students’ I work with,…

  • 10 essential books that all freelancers should read

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Oh wow!! Perfect timing for all of our Creative students just nearing the end of their End of Year Shows (and for some of our lucky students the next journey is exhibiting at the 2015 New Designers exhibition – London, for the next couple of weeks). & then, graduation.…

  • How to Convince an Employer to Take a Chance on You (and Ignore the More Qualified Candidates)

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | This article is highly appropriate to recent or soon to be graduates, who are just about to make the first tenative steps towards their first full-time sector specific position. You have the passion, enthusiasm and genuine interest in the role/profession/sector, but have limited directly related work experience. For some…

  • CV writing: use role descriptions to paint a picture of your job history

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Factual story telling is so important when it comes to CV’s, cover letters and application forms. When you provide concise, supporting evidence which also includes measureable data that can help benchmark an experience, makes the task of reviewing CVs, so much simpler for the hiring manager. This can also…

  • Charity careers: how to get a job in the third sector

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | The third sector (also know as not-for-profit organisations or registered charities), is a sector that I am a huge fan of, and regularly promote as an amazing sector for under-graduates and graduates to experience, as part of their career development whilst at university, in the forms of volunteering, internships,…

  • Offices workers ‘should stand for four hours a day’

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends | Hands up who spends a large chunk of their day sat staring at a computer screen, and regularly skips lunch to catch up on emails, because they have rushed back to their desk following on from a two hour meeting. I know I can personally identify with this scenario.…

  • Senior Citizens Learn to Graffiti in Creative Workshop That Aims to Banish Ageist Stereotypes

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends |What an inspiring article. It is never too late in life to be learning new skills and be introduced to new life experiences. Creativity is such an amazing talent and soft skill and can produce fantastic results collaboratively and independently. This article also proves how experiences such as these can…

  • Design Council | Design Methods Step 1: Discover

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends It is now Day 2 of the Summer Term at university, which is a term of so many mixed emotions for our creative final year graduates. Dissertations, end of year shows, networking, portfolio careers, freelancing, becoming fully fledged designers, graduation oh, the list goes on and on. For graduates, and…