Discussion: Career Services Overview
This assignment measures Module Objective 2.1, which supports Course Competency 1.
Objectives
- 2.1 Evaluate your career goals against three real postings or opportunities in your field, and describe your target job by industry, type of organization and typical workday. (Course Competency 1)
Overview
Before you can market yourself, you need to know what you are marketing yourself for. This discussion pairs the GCC Career Services overview with your first description of your target job.
5 points, Exercises. About 1 hours.
Discussion Prompt
After watching the Career Services Overview, name two things you learned, and describe your target job by industry, type of organization and a typical workday.
Instructions
- Watch the GCC Career Services Overview (YouTube) and take notes.
- Write your post: two specific things you learned, and a description of your target job (industry, type of organization, a typical workday, and where you want to live or whether you want remote work).
- Post in #avc248-design-self-promotion on the Digital Media Discord. Posting a day or two before the deadline gives classmates time to reply.
- By the deadline, comment on three classmates’ posts. Each comment names a specific detail in their post (a skill, a line, a project or a requirement) and adds a question, a resource or an observation.
- Submit screenshots of your post and your three comments, or links to the messages, in Canvas.
Example
“My target job is a 3D character animator at a mid-size game studio, specializing in facial animation for cutscenes. A typical day would be blocking shots in Maya, dailies with the animation lead, and polish passes. I am open to relocating to Los Angeles or Seattle, and I would take a junior role anywhere that does strong character work.”
Accessibility
Add alt text to every image you post in Discord: click the pencil icon on the attachment before you send it and write one or two sentences on what matters in the image. Do not begin with “image of.”
Submission
Submit screenshots of your post and three comments, or links to the Discord messages.
Rubric (5 points)
| Criterion | Points |
|---|---|
| Post answers every part of the prompt (Objective 2.1) | 2 |
| Post gives specific evidence: a link, a screenshot, or a named project, skill or requirement (Objective 2.1) | 1 |
| Three comments, each naming a specific detail in the classmate’s post (a skill, a line, a project or a requirement) (Objective 2.1) | 1.5 |
| Accessibility: alt text on every image posted | 0.5 |
| Total | 5 |
Due
All times are Arizona time.
- Due in Canvas: Thursday, January 28, 12:00 p.m.
- Hard close: Friday, January 29, 12:00 p.m. Work submitted after the deadline and before the hard close loses 10%. Nothing is accepted after the hard close.