Careers in Media and Film

The Essential Guide

A virtual career coach, this practical handbook offers encouragement, advice, information, and case studies to help students make the most of the opportunities in this very competitive career world. The book can be used as a textual support for careers modules and PDP (Personal Development Planning), graduate workshops, on-line courses and as a departmental or careers library resource. Equally, it works effectively as a self-help guide to enable individuals to focus on their career and life development.

This book will be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates contemplating their first steps into work, those seeking to make a career change into the media and broadcasting, academics with a remit for employability and/or PDP, careers practitioners, and professionals in the field.

Checklists, examples, and suggestions for career actions bring the book to life, creating a unique up-to-date guide to being a confident and creative manager of your own life and career.