So, you’ve finished your communications degree and have no idea where to go next? If you’re a creative wondering where to start your career, or just looking for more info, you’re invited to...‘Get Rid of That Headache’ – the seminar for heads that are spinning with ideas. Come check it out and hear from some top people working in advertising, writing and public relations to discover how you can turn your creative headache into a successful career.

Guest speakers include:

Barrie Barton, Director of awesome website threethousand.com, Now Now and RightAngledPublishing

Alex Fenton, Creative Director of Fenton Stephens Advertising Agency

Susie Robinson, Director of PR Darling

When: This Friday, 22^nd August, 10.30am – 12.30pm

Where: RMIT University City Campus
124 La Trobe St (Cnr La Trobe St and Swanston St)
Bowen St (Within campus)
Building 9, Level 1, Room 24

There will be signage up to help you find your way. The seminar includes a break with coffee and tea provided. Hope to see you there, don’t forget to come up and say hi!

Artist Matt Kirkland reveals the hidden innards of some well-loved furry robot-stuffed animals. The result in some cases is giggle-inducing, in others it’s horrifying. An amusing way to spend a few minutes of your day, either way.

Have a look here.

Facebook groups have grown to become quite the means for self expression (in my life, anyway). From groups celebrating the sheer delight of stepping on crunchy leaves, to groups hating on wearers of a certain particularly ugly bright coloured sandal (do I even need to say the name?), there’s something for everyone.
I take my Facebook groups seriously nowadays, only liking to be a member of groups that I feel truly reflect my personality or groups that I’m truly interested in. I never used to be this way. Quite the contrary, I was a Facebook group addict, accepting an invitation to any group that I felt even the mildest of affiliations with. Yes, I loved stepping on the aforementioned crunchy leaf and I was one of the lovely humans who wanted to punch slow walking people in the back of the head. But now, I’m a changed woman.
My collection of groups consists of important things like my favourite night spots, and of course the obligator ‘my-friend-created-this-crappy-group-but-I-must-become-a-member-so-they-don’t-get-offended’. Who would have thought there would be so many politics involved in the humble Facebook group?
Although my memberships may be more boring now compared to when I accepted all invitations, I just can’t seem to bring myself to allow something into my identity that I’m not really sure I care about.
Conclusion: having an identity crisis? Consult the list of Facebook groups and find your inner self once again.

Ah yes, I’ve finally made it! Made what, you may ask? What slice of journey have I embarked upon that has me screaming from the highest University tower? I’ve made it to the last semester of my Uni degree.

Like many others, I’ll be graduating from 3 gruelling years come Dec 08’. Well, my 3 years studying a communications degree are hardly anything compared to a massive 7 year law degree or something to that degree (pardon the pathetic and confusing pun).

Anyway, what I’m trying to get at is, although I’ll be feeling massive elation to have tackled such a fun and challenging beast, where will I be left at the end of it? I’ve had a brief taste of the 8-6 (forget 9-5) workforce, and can’t say it was particularly inspiring. So where does this leave me? If you don’t want to head straight into some form of torturous full-time work, what else is there?

It’s easy to fantasise about that amazingly-sweet job description that’s a perfect fit (and that you’d be happy working 7-7 in), but where the hell can you find it? How many rhetorical questions can I ask before I annoy the bejesus out of you, and get to the bottom of this career-fear-inducing predicament?

Perhaps I just need to accept the fact that it’s going to be rocky ride, and that’s all part of the experience. Of course I’m excited for my future, and am happy to grasp any opportunity that comes my way, but how can anyone really prepare themselves for something they’re so unsure about? I’m just hoping there will come a time when I can pinpoint what I want in my future, and what area is going to be great for me.

Anyone else suffering similar symptoms, or am I alone in this sickening career phobia syndrome?