First Steps to a Media Career
Filed Under Developing Your Career
Currently many people in the media advise that one of the best ways to get started in the media is to undertake some kind of media studies course, film and photography degree or performing arts course etc. But these are not options that everyone can afford to undertake and what is more, there are other ways to start off a career in the media.
Most people assume that a career in the media means that they will be working in TV or radio, but the media is actually bigger than that. There are different sorts of media type jobs and you could be working for a magazine, for a newspaper or even online in some capacity. So think about the media as being more than just TV and radio. After all creativity is valued in the media, so think creatively about how you are going to start off your career!
Many people have started off in the media from very junior positions. They have signed up with a recruitment agency and gone to work as a receptionist, admin person etc. But over time they have actually changed jobs, either through applying for internal vacancies and gradually working themselves up the career ladder, or they have shown their competence and worth and gradually been given more responsibility and opportunities to progress. Sometimes this can happen very quickly, other times it may take a little longer, but it is a start.
So if you don’t have a degree in journalism or communication studies and you may not even have very good qualifications, then think about starting off at the bottom of the career ladder in the media, but working towards having a really successful and rewarding career. OK this may be about humble beginnings, but at least it is a start and is better than not giving yourself a chance to establish yourself working in this very dynamic and exciting field.
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