Career Services News

Workplace Dress: Business Casual

Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, by Amanda Simons

Artists can easily express their personality even within strict dress codes. Try it out at the Career Expo on 3/30!

San Francisco dress codes are noticeably more relaxed, but artists can still use their business casual attire to express their personalities without violating the more traditional or conservative dress code policies at a place of employment that is less artistically oriented.

Grants: Free Money for Artists

Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, by Amanda Simons

Rise above the competition by attending "Fiscal Sponsorship and Fundraising for Individual Artists" [photo: Jim Norrena]

Career artists depend on grants for survival and exhibition of their artwork. Grants are essentially loans that don’t need to be paid back. Anyone who meets certain specified criteria can receive a grant for just about anything. Proposers simply have to meet the organization, company, or institution’s award guidelines and terms.

How to Find an Internship

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, by Amanda Simons

The annual Career Expo is just one of the many ways Career Services can help with your internship search. [photo: Jim Norrena]

Searching and securing an internship can be a laborious and frustrating task, but if you follow these tips and suggestions you’re bound to find one much quicker.

Prepare Presentation

Before you start your search, you should have a few things in presentable order.

• A portfolio of completed pieces as well as works in progress (no more than five pieces total).
• Ensure your work can be clearly seen and is visually attractive. (Remember, a perfect portfolio is a tough stretch; a good one is often just as acceptable.)

Use Your Art School Education to Increase Job Opportunities

Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, by Amanda Simons

Career Services events are stellar networking opportunities for CCA students and alumni. [photo: Jim Norrena]

The objective in going to college for most people is to obtain the knowledge and degree that lands a worthwhile job. Yet being a student also affords great inroads to finding career opportunities. Why not take advantage now of the opportunities being a CCA student offers?

Here are several ways to maximize your job search while enrolled:

Spend time in the media centers

Take the facility’s tour, and learn what you can about each machine. Try to use them, if possible, to boost the quality of work in your portfolio.