Don’t Get A Job… Make A Job by Gem Barton

As soon as you start to near the end of your degree, you start to think about entering the real world. If I’m honest, I’ve been thinking about a job since before I started my first year, probably because I studied before and actively chose to do the course so I could learn more and gain employment.

You get comfortable in your uni/college and while I’ve been super lucky in that our course is a nurturing and industry focused environment, it doesn’t change the fact I get really nervous when I think about life after my degree. I think nerves are a good thing – it means you care about something and I am looking forward to the next stage.

With that in mind, I was recommended a really great book. Don’t Get A Job… Make A Job – How To Make It As A Creative Graduate is a great little piece of writing by Gem Barton. A must-have for soon-to-be graduates, it is full of inspirational stories of designers and how they made their way in the design world as well as advice and strategies for gaining or creating your own opportunities.

Getting a degree doesn’t guarantee work and the competition is tough, but this a great little book to have in your corner.