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Does your department have a blog? Interested in exploring other disciplines? Use these as a starting place…

Arts Administration

https://blog.scad.edu/artsadministration/

Cinema Studies

http://www.thecine-files.com/

Foundation Studies

http://blog.scad.edu/foundationstudies/

Graphic Design

http://blog.scad.edu/graphicdesign/

Painting

http://scadpaintingnow.wordpress.com/

Photography

http://scadphoto.blogspot.com/

Sequential Art

http://seqalab.com/

Let’s be honest, one of the major reasons people go to college to get a degree is to qualify for good jobs. Eventually that depends on you putting yourself out there to find the job you want. While there’s no replacement for the tried and true method of going out to different social and professional events and networking, sometimes that’s either not enough, or not an option.

This is where the Internet comes in. There are, of course, almost impossibly large amounts of job search sites available online. Today, this post will focus on those that are specialized for creative careers. It will feature three sites that stand out from the rest. Let’s begin:

1) Krop: Krop’s homepage is refreshingly simple. Jobs are listed as they appear, meaning the newest postings will be the first ones you see. Additionally, you can search for jobs by location and keyword. There’s no option for searching by industry, but the keyword search has proven to be good on its own.

Like most job search websites, to take full advantage of Krop you have to sign up and create a profile, resume and portfolio.  There are two types of accounts: a free account and a pro account. The free account has all the basics that the website offers, including your own URL address and space for up to 10 images. The pro account, which costs $9.99/month, includes unlimited image space and video embedding. You can upgrade and downgrade any time you want.

Over all, Krop is a very professional website, good for students that have amassed a presentable portfolio.

2) Behance: Behance.net’s job list section looks slightly similar to Krop’s. Once again jobs are listed in the order in which they are posted, and you can do your own search to narrow down the jobs you see on the page. The main difference between Krop’s search features and Behance’s is that Behance does have a way to narrow jobs by industry.

A drop down menu next to the keyword search field reveals options ranging from Blogging to Video Game Design and seemingly everything in between. If you have a clear idea of what you want to do in the art world and what type of industry you want to go into, Behance is an easy way to search for jobs in that industry.

An important advantage that Behance has over Krop is that according to their tour page (scroll down slightly to see), their membership and hosting service is unlimited and completely free. This means you can put as much text, audio, image and video projects on your personal space without having to pay extra. For college students or recent graduates on a budget, this is a big plus.

3) Creative Jobs Central: What makes this site stand out is the sheer amount of categories that jobs are divided into. If you’re looking for a website that goes the extra mile to make searching for a specific industry easy, then just look at this homepage.  Creative Jobs Central has a section for everything from theater jobs to beauty jobs.

The catch is that all those choices is that they don’t come cheap. Membership fees for the site can run pretty steep for a student on a budget. 1-month membership is $10.99, 3-month membership is $26.97 (plus $15 dollars if you want access to all job postings and not just one specific industry) and 6-month membership is $47.94.

If you already have some money to use, and you don’t mind using it for your job search, you could do worse than this site. Otherwise, a good way to use it is to find job posts that list company contact information, and contact the company yourself. All’s fair in love and job searching after all.

These sites represent a tiny fraction of the different kinds of job search websites that are at your fingertips. Whether they have optional fees, are completely free or have required fees, they all serve the same purpose. It’s ultimately up to you to choose the one that best suits your needs. But hey, at least you have the entire Internet to search.

Ever made a great piece of art and wished you could show it off to the world? Maybe you’ve even done a particularly good assignment for class and wanted people other than your professor or classmates to see it. Well make yourself comfortable and get ready to be educated, because for the next several paragraphs we’ll be going over a great way to make that possible.

Does the term SCAD Myriad ring any bells? Don’t worry if it doesn’t, there’s no test on this (yet…). SCAD Myriad is a new student media website/e-zine/online party house for eLearning students. Taking advantage of the power of the Internet, Myriad allows students to showcase their work in a format that’s easy to distribute. Say you want to show off your best piece to family and friends. Conveniently for you, it just happens to be up on Myriad. It’s just a simple process of sending links to everyone you know. Or everyone you don’t know, if it’s a particularly good piece.

You may be wondering how exactly this works, and you won’t be satisfied with the original answer of “Magic.” Well, the real answer is still pretty simple. If your chosen piece of art is visual, it must be saved as a JPEG file; if it’s a poem or story or other, then it must be saved as a DOC file. Once that’s done with, you send your piece to myriad@scad.edu. After a highly scientific and partially pseudoscientific process, the best pieces are chosen and displayed on SCADmyriad.com.

Remember, you shouldn’t feel restricted. Have an illustration that goes with a funny story? Send in both together as one piece. Have a friend in a class that you want to collaborate with? Feel free to do so. The most important thing to remember is that Myriad is a site geared towards eLearning students. You make it your own.

Of course, Myriad is still a relatively new concept. Being a young start-up, when you go to SCADmyriad.com, you might find it a little bare. That’s where you come in. As the future users and content providers for Myriad, we want to hear your ideas on how to make this one of the best perks of being an eLearning student. Drop us a line at myriad@scad.edu or comment on this post with your thoughts. And remember to start sending submissions and tell other eLearning students you know.

Melissa Vest is an arts administration M.A. candidate earning her degree at the SCAD eLearning campus. Read below to learn more about her thesis project and how you can help!

Hey there, my name is Melissa Vest and I’m an eLearning grad student here at SCAD, and I wanted to share a little bit about my thesis project with you.  My major is Arts Administration and it took me a long time to decide what I wanted to write my thesis on.  I really wanted to write about something that I was passionate about, but at first I didn’t quite know what that would look like.

After getting more involved in my Northwest Arkansas community last year, I started to realize just how important the arts can be for a city.  In my community a new museum is opening in November 2011.  The museum is the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which is set to be a wonderful addition to the area.  In anticipation for the museum’s opening, the city has restored the square, built hiking trails connecting the downtown to the museum, and started road and sidewalk updates.  All of this new growth got me thinking: I wanted to know, “Are the arts actually a key ingredient in revitalizing and growing our communities?”

Finally, I knew what I wanted my thesis topic to be!  So, this spring I started the Art Does Good Project.  I decided to not only look at how the arts are impacting my own community, but also find out where the arts have made a difference across the U.S.  I narrowed the communities for my thesis down to four: Northwest, Ark.; Paducah, Ky.; Durham, N.C. and Serenbe, Ga.  Each of these cities has used the arts in a variety of ways.

For instance, Paducah started the Renaissance Alliance, which focuses on bringing artists in to the LowerTown Arts District through low priced real estate, as well as grants to help restore the historic buildings.  So far, they have over 50 independent artists in the District, and the Alliance has helped turn Paducah in to a cultural destination.  Durham is home to the Golden Belt, a mixed used arts community and Serenbe is a model sustainable community centered around the arts.  Serenbe even has an Arts Institute and brings in artists to share their work with residents on a regular basis.

After selecting each of these communities, I decided that I needed to travel to them to really see them for myself.  So, this summer I plan on taking a road trip!   I will set up interviews with key individuals to find out what they’re doing and how they feel the arts have helped them in their efforts.  I will record video of the interviews, as well as take notes and photographs from each of the communities.  I even set up a blog to help document my trip, and I’d love it if you’d follow along.

I am really excited about this project because I think it can help us better understand the roll of the arts in our communities.  I can’t wait to travel this summer and meet people, as well as share their stories with everyone through my blog.  I’ve launched a Kickstarter Project to help with the road trip.  I hope you’ll take some time to check it out, watch my goofy video and make a pledge.

If you’re interested in learning more about the project and the communities, visit: www.artdoesgood.com

Game developers, mark your electronic calendars. Registration is open for the 2011 Game Developers eXchange, a major SCAD event that draws some of game design’s most talented artists and designers. Scheduled for May 13 in Savannah, GDX unites SCAD students with game development experts who have directed and programmed some of 2010′s best-selling games. GDX offers a variety of sessions on game art, design and production techniques. Find out more about the event and take advantage of early-bird registration prices at SCAD’s newly launched http://www.scad.edu/experience/events/gdx GDX Web site.

The methods used in job searching have switched to mainly online in the past 10 years. Often companies require you to e-mail your résumé rather than to snail mail the traditional printed version. Of course now you don’t have to look for fancy paper to print with, but before you hit “send” there’s something you should consider: the file name of your document.

Here is an informative article explaining why your résumé file name does matter and how you can make your file stand out and strengthen you as a candidate.

http://utahtechjobs.com/2010/yes-your-resumes-file-name-does-matter.htm

Professional Pursuit is a weekly eCampus blog column about career news and discussions. Please post questions or suggestions, and go to LinkedIn.com and search for SCAD eLearning to join its career-focused group.

Tuesday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. EST

Tonight David Bram, photographer, editor, founder and curator of Fraction Magazine, will discuss opportunities for young photographers online and the importance of a professional online presence. Bram was the recipient of the Griffin Museum of Photography’s Rising Star Award. Learn more online at http://davidbram.com and http://fractionmagazine.com.

To attend, go to http://livestream.com/scadelearning or http://mobile.livestream.com/scadelearning.

Full-time students have quite a lot on their plates. Not only are they taking three or more courses at a time, but they also might have part- or full-time jobs, family care or other duties that fill their time. Sometimes it’s easy to get so busy that you forget that you are going to college for a career after graduation. Before you switch to auto-pilot, be sure you evaluate where you want to be after you walk across the stage and receive your well-deserved diploma.

Employers generally like to see that you have been active in a type of volunteer work, both to see what interests you and to prove you have a well-rounded lifestyle. If you are planning a specialized career and already know what you would like to do, you can probably find an office in that field of work that needs a one to a few hours of help each week, or a local charity branch where you could donate your time working in your desired career field.

If you are unsure of your career pursuit after graduation, there are more generalized forms of volunteer involvement. Check with your professors and local elementary-high schools to see if there are positions that you would be interested in where you can be of help such as tutoring. A local church might have positions open either donating time to its congregation or within the community. Local charities, such as food banks and shelters are good places to find a niche. By helping others, you will help yourself, both by getting to know community members, learning a new skill and building the interest section of your résumé.

Record your activities in the interest section of your résumé.

Professional Pursuit is a weekly eCampus blog column about career news and discussions. Please post questions or suggestions, and go to LinkedIn.com and search for SCAD eLearning to join its career-focused group.

Ellen Weinstein will lecture about her work and life as an illustrator on Tuesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. EST.

Ellen Weinstein was born and raised n New York City. She is a graduate of Pratt Institute and New York’s High School of Art and Design. Her awards include American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, Print Regional design Annual, Society of Publication Designers and The Art Directors Club.

Her exhibitions include “La Favalose Matite Colorate Nel Monodo” featuring the work of 40 women illustrators form around the world, including Rome, Naples and Venice 2006-2008; “Artists against the War”; Society of Illustrators “Favorite Flicks,” Society of Illustrators; and “Inxart,” a traveling Exhibition. Illustration anthologies include “Curvy,” “New York Based Creatives” (from Taiwan), and “Drawing Inspiration: Visual Artists at Work” by Michael Fleishman.

To attend the Ellen Weistein presentation, go to www.livestream.com/scadelearning.

For more about Ellen Weistein, go to www.ellenweinstein.com.

As spring approaches many students are thinking about summer internship or job opportunities. Career Services is on board to help by offering internship information sessions. Tomorrow’s session will be streaming live and features Wunderman/Y&R direct marketing agency.

Go to MySCAD > Resources > eLearning > Events > Internship Information Session for more event details.

SCAD Career Services also posts internships and job openings in its weekly e-mail newsletter, Job Wire. If you would like to subscribe to Job Wire, e-mail careers@scad.edu from your student e-mail account. Another resource offered by SCAD Career Services is College Central, a career service database that lists internships and jobs that want SCAD applicants. To locate College Central, go to MySCAD > Department Directory > Career Services > College Central. You can also visit the SCAD Career Services blog at http://blog.scad.edu/careers.

And last, if you haven’t already, book an appointment with your SCAD Career Services adviser to discuss your career goals and needs in the future. Advisers are sectioned by school; to locate your adviser, to to MySCAD > Resources > Department Directory > Career Services > “Contact us in Savannah” where you will find a list of advisers by school.

If you have a favorite job or internship hunting Web site, idea or hint, please list as a comment below or go to LinkedIn.com > SCAD eLearning group for discussion.

Professional Pursuit is a weekly eCampus blog column about career news and discussions. Please post questions or suggestions, and go to LinkedIn.com and search for SCAD eLearning to join its career-focused group.