Everyone acts like new starters should be bright eyed and bushy tailed but I am riddled with anxiety about my career path. I often get told to find a mentor but am struggling so much - nobody in my life is in the creative field. On top of that, I'm so worried that if I start in corporate I won't be able to pivot to creative, but right now corporate may be the only option. Does anyone have any tips they'd give themselves when they first started interviewing for jobs? Ahhhh!

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Did you go to portfolio school? If not, I recommend you got to it. There are some affordable options out there.

If you want to do creative, position yourself to do so and apply to those jobs. Agencies won't just let you take a crack at creative if you're account or PM.

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