I have 1 year of experience but no degree. I'm unemployed, so getting desperate for work. I've been getting to the assignment stage of interviews, spending hours on them, and receiving no feedback. This has been going on for six months. Is not having a degree the problem, or has the industry just become so brutal? I'm seriously ready to leave this field.

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Unfortunately, many companies no longer value actual designers. They are relying on AI to do way too much of the work. This is making the industry so much more competitive. It's probably not you, it's more the market and changing priorities of companies in a bad economy.

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Assignment stage?

My career has spanned over 15 years, never been given “an assignment” to get hired.

As someone new to the field, fresh out of school, internships give you something for your book as well as school projects. They should reflect the best of what you’ve created so far.

If you have one year of work under your belt, even better!

Anyone reviewing your work, interested in interviewing you is for gauging your POTENTIAL. You will hone your aesthetic and skill as you put in the time and gain experience.

Absolutely absurd to ask people to invest in an assignment. If it’s just a test, it will not reflect real world opportunities to ask questions, show that you think critically and expansively, nor reflect genuine engagement in the challenges, and show where you can be valuable.

If it’s a real project to gauge you, they better pay for your time, thinking, and crunch time work in what would be a truncated effort for the hiring process.

But more likely, they are looking to get some free work from a desperate designer needing work.

Shame on them! What they’re doing is abusive.

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You’re sh*t outta luck. With AI here nobody needs visual designers or content writers anymore, ESPECIALLY fresh out of school with zero experience. My company is letting content writers and designers go and not filling those positions anymore. And those are people with a decade of work experience. Tough out there.

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