I was invited to a panel discussion last night to discuss the issues that face graduates emerging from creative degrees. It was a fascinating debate organised by Joe Turner for Street Graphic Magazine, to find out how people got where they are today, and give some advice to people just starting out. There are just too many graduates coming from creative courses around Britain! Not that that is a bad thing for us in the industry, but as a graduate you need to work so much harder to get where you want to go.

Its like that book by Paul Arden “Its not how GOOD you, it’s how GOOD you want to be”. It makes me wonder whether universities do enough. Maybe taking advice from the hyper-island model of education wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Street Graphic Magazine is getting re-launched later this year, and the team are getting together an article on this subject.

Present:

Rory, who works in The Talent Business.
Eleanor Roome, who owns Roome Consulting.
Lucy-Anne Ronayne, who is a Creative at Work Club.
Chris Boardman, who is an intern at Poke.
Michelle Bower, who is a Designer/Writer at Digit .
Phil Skinner, who is a Designer at Purpose.