tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post5343328217522717322..comments2023-04-23T16:25:04.792-06:00Comments on Waldemar Wegelin: Advice from W+K LondonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09755481930157115608noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-57729637089483165862009-04-16T14:36:00.001-06:002009-04-16T14:36:00.001-06:00@ 01:01:00 PM
I would have thought that if they h...@ 01:01:00 PM<br /><br />I would have thought that if they had the chance to get a job at one of their favorite agencies at the expense of this blog they'd drop it like a hot rock. Let's be honest it's hardly earned them a lot of friends over the years; readers yes, but not friends. They have Facebook for that like everyone else I guess. Their first post (admittedly it was a different team back then) states that the blog was to chart their journey, which has to have an end at some point. From then on the interest should come from the work they produce, not their ability to write blog entries, otherwise they may as well go work for Campaign.<br /><br />For what it's worth, we got a job from our first placement after uni, although we had targeted them as the place we wanted to work and had been pestering them, visiting them and showing them work throughout our 3rd year of uni, so by the time we left we knew 10 - 15 people on a first-name basis as was able to put some live briefs into our degree show and blagged a 3 month placement come graduation. <br /><br />As a slight digression, but linking back to some comments that were on a previous post, we've also had some soon-to-be-graduated teams come and see us with their semi-completed graduation books and some of them are very good. New campaign after new campaign every few weeks. It's going to be an interesting fight for the jobs that don't exist over the next few months.]-[appy Thoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306899311730477283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-45591328407826391062009-04-16T14:36:00.000-06:002009-04-16T14:36:00.000-06:00Wal, this advice from Ben and Soph is wicked!
Now ...Wal, this advice from Ben and Soph is wicked!<br />Now you just have to get a time machine, go back in time to 2008 and use it when you had your chance at W+K! <br /><br />Priceless!Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-72429484028018680572009-04-16T07:02:00.000-06:002009-04-16T07:02:00.000-06:00Be confident when you are on a placement. Not conf...Be confident when you are on a placement. Not confident 'socially'; don't try and be everyones best friend. No-one really gives a crap about pub chat.<br />Just be friendly at work and keep your head down. Always give 110%<br /><br />The more weeks you spend working in an industry, the more you understand it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-50496167593814649042009-04-16T06:35:00.000-06:002009-04-16T06:35:00.000-06:00Best advice i had was to show my portfolio as much...Best advice i had was to show my portfolio as much as possible in my final year of studying.<br />I spent the whole of my last year at uni traveling to london for one week in a month, so as not to waste my time doing it when i eventually finished. By the time i had actually finished studying i had 5 placements lined up and got a job offer after the second one. And my book was in such a better condition for my final degree mark... not that, that counts for anything.<br />So plan ahead, otherwise you end up spending your first two years out of uni trying to get a job, finding it hard to be motivated to change your work, writing blogs that tell the tales of your failures. and ultimately being one of the many teams who just weren't good enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-39341014724847874392009-04-16T06:01:00.000-06:002009-04-16T06:01:00.000-06:00@ 11.15,I don't think anon 9.16 was trying to ...@ 11.15,I don't think anon 9.16 was trying to rub salt into Jai & Wal's supposed wounds.<br /><br />If they wanted a job they would have got one by now. They've had enough placements.<br /><br />I think they're in a Catch-22. The ongoing drama of them chasing a job is what keeps this blog going. It's what keeps the interest level high, particularly among juniors also looking for their first job.<br />However, if they actually land a full time job at an agency this blog may well cease to exist...or at least the interest in it would.<br />They would have -sorry to sound cheesy- come to the end of their journey.<br /><br />The interest in Jai & Wal themselves, as a brand, would most likely dry up too as they would be tied to one specific agency.<br /><br />It's a tough one. I reckon this blog will start to fizzle out as and when J & W decide they want a job more than fame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-84739728819659845352009-04-16T05:40:00.000-06:002009-04-16T05:40:00.000-06:00Hard work is more important than talent, but it is...Hard work is more important than talent, but it is useless without it.<br /><br />To Quote David Droga <br /><br />"you can't guarantee that you're the most talented, but you can guarantee that you are going to work harder than anyone else."<br /><br />I worked my balls of at uni, then got a lucky break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-91718854537712568992009-04-16T04:15:00.000-06:002009-04-16T04:15:00.000-06:00There appeared to be an ounce of; anyone do any be...There appeared to be an ounce of; anyone do any better than me, I only had x amount book crits and have a fab job. Rubbing salt in the wounds of some perhaps? Namely Jai & Wal?<br /><br />Well done to you though! You did something right to get yourself a job so quickly, I'm sure it's down to talent and hard work.<br /><br />Any insightful tips for Jai and Wal, and others who read to help them with their ambitions of an advertising full time job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-47846556082566937942009-04-16T03:51:00.000-06:002009-04-16T03:51:00.000-06:00Hello 9.16 here...
I was only asking a simple que...Hello 9.16 here...<br /><br />I was only asking a simple question to see how long it took some people to get a job. There was no hidden agenda.<br /><br />Cheers for the cyber insults though. <br /><br />S'later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-12766880633595928082009-04-15T14:58:00.000-06:002009-04-15T14:58:00.000-06:00About 20 i reckon.
5 placements. 3 really long one...About 20 i reckon.<br />5 placements. 3 really long ones.<br />Kept slugging. and got lucky on the 3rd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-22194983910046712602009-04-15T14:49:00.000-06:002009-04-15T14:49:00.000-06:00You don't get book crits for a job. Placements may...You don't get book crits for a job. Placements maybe. My guess it's somewhere shit at a radio place so need to punch him as he's already got the face for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-22241159079827601802009-04-15T05:52:00.000-06:002009-04-15T05:52:00.000-06:000 - Interviewed straight from D&AD New Blood.0 - Interviewed straight from D&AD New Blood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-79585491782658001972009-04-15T04:55:00.000-06:002009-04-15T04:55:00.000-06:00To the person above...
You gave up after 3 crits?...To the person above...<br /><br />You gave up after 3 crits? ah well advertisings loss is McDonalds gain...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-44657499644539728112009-04-15T04:21:00.000-06:002009-04-15T04:21:00.000-06:00Why is number 7 between 9 and 10. A subtle test? T...Why is number 7 between 9 and 10. A subtle test? The cunning devils.Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561744141903668309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35498698.post-6653620581755287982009-04-15T02:16:00.000-06:002009-04-15T02:16:00.000-06:00Question to everyone who reads this ...
How many ...Question to everyone who reads this ...<br /><br />How many book crits did it take you to get a job?<br /><br />Me it was 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com