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Yes, networking is the best way to put yourself into a position to find work. However being in the right place at the right time is only part of the equation. Once there, you’ll want to make sure you’re ready. With that in mind, you’ll need to create each of the following job search documents:  \n1. Résumé: a marketing device that summarizes your skill set and/or background. Depending on your skill level and professional background, your résumé make be in one of three different formats (chronological, functional, or hybrid) .  \n2. References page: a list of people who will endorse you as an employee.  \n3. Cover letter: a formal business letter introducing your job application.  \n4. Portfolio: a robust display of your design, graphic, and written communication skills as well as critical and conceptual thinking ability.  \n5. Work samples: a very brief display of your design and graphic communication skills. This document offers no process, just “eye candy” sent as part of the initial job application.  \nFor each of these documents, here are important things to keep in mind:  \nCreation of them takes time and dedication. Think of this process as an actual three-credit academic course, where you work for 12 to 15 hours (or more) a week over the course of three or four (or more) months. Set goals, create a task list, make a work schedule, and stick to it. While the actual sequence may vary from student to student, it’s perhaps most common to create a résumé first, then references page, sample cover letter, portfolio, interview portfolio, and work samples page. Like any design project, you’ll want to create a version of each, get feedback, and revise. It may take three or four iterations of each document to get them to the quality they need tobe. Budget revision into your timetable.  \nEach document must be catered to a specific job opportunity at the specific design firm that you’re applying to.  \nBlast résumé-sending is a thing of the past; it simply does not work anymore. Each opening you find must be diligently researched (the firm, key personnel, projects, awards, etc. ) and your documents must be thoughtfully crafted with that opening and that firm in mind.  \nUnderstand your audience and value their time. These documents are not an autobiography. They are marketing tools designed to get you an interview (the interview is what gets you the job) . Design professionals and HR people are very busy; the average résumé gets looked at for 30 to 60 seconds initially. No cover letter or résumé should be more than one page (you get to add a page for every 10 years of experience) . 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