The account side tends to follow a path no to dissimilar to most job applications processes,and in most cases are often through the results of a succesful graduate recruitment scheme, where as most of us know, for us creatives, it's not quite that simple. Here's a little video from a couple of people we met who were last years grads at JWT, it's quite simple but fun.
10 times filtered... from JWT Grads on Vimeo.
I have seen a couple of companies making an effort towards the creative graduate recruitment schemes but these are still few and far between, for most of us its a case of picking up your booking touting it around agencies, calling, emailing, contacts, friends of friends, short or long placements - more often long than short. But in my eyes possibly a far more rewarding perspective if and when that job does come through.
Yet another hectic week here in the smoke, with weekdays being taken up with 10 hours days minimum, only time to get home catch some food, sit down to a bit of relaxation before falling asleep on the sofa. The back end of last week saw us heading back to Lincoln for our Graduation Ceremony - so a nice old catch up, but no break from the early starts.
As much as the days are long and the work is tough, it's still fun. We've had feedback on the Vodka work which will be going into production, a very successful review by all accounts according to the execs. We've got a few more briefs and other bits to be cracking on with.
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Hmmm the main difference as far as i can see is that 'suits' get paid lots from the start, get trained up becuase they don't know what they're doing, and get a nice bonus for getting on the grad scheme - about two grand. Plus they're all at it like rabbits with eachother, get to behave badly on the many jollies/boozy nights in the bar. And they get to star in stupid recruitment vids.
Creatives get placements if they're any good, piss poor wages and the faintest hopes of ever getting hired if they really work they're bolllocks off and show up the rest of the creative dept, let alone a bit of that hotty in accounts.
That's vitriol baby.
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