What’s the next step for creative interns in this hiring hellscape?

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Take any job you can find and keep looking for the job you want. Work on your portfolio and network.

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Go back to school and go into finance. Do real creative work for yourself on the side.

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I think it’s actually a good time to look. When there’s layoffs, agencies are often cutting off the higher paid workers and relying on lower levels to churn out work for less pay but decent hourly rate charged to the client.

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The last two months were sweet, as I looked on at the dumpster fire occurring in the creative industry through the double paned windows of an agency’s office. However, as with most interns, I wasn’t given a return offer and officially will be joining the rest of you in the pit of fire. As junior positions are scarce and uncertainty is high, I’m wondering what the best steps are for a novice creative looking to officially break into the industry.

Internships are the best way to get hired as a junior right now. Try nabbing another one and make a stronger impression this time.

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