Guest speeches

We had our first guest speakers  today, we had four different  speakers each selling the opportunity of doing a Year in Industry at there company. The first speaker we had was from  GForces which was a very interesting company who creates online software, 3d models, advertisement, animation , videos, and websites for different car companies. There were two Kent students who also spoke on behalf of the company they had just finished there year in industry there and was great to see some of the work that they had produce. It relly got me enthusiastic towards doing a year in industry for a creative company.

It was interesting as the speaker introduced the work of the company showing us a car advert that they had produced recently and showed us some behind the scene footage to convey the filming and photography opportunities available at there company. He also showed us two more videos of some of there work one was anther car advert that was filmed in there office in Dubai which i found very interesting and showed that working t the company could allow you to travel and work globally for them. The next video he showed was some of the 3dmodelling work they do and tried to get us to spot the difference between a 3D modelled car and an actual car, Half the room had got it wrong which shows amazing they had become at 3d modelling.

 He told us what it was like to interview and what the processes were and this therefore meant that for future I could easily understand what I will have to go through to be able to get an interview, and what to look for and to be prepared for. Alongside this, it was good to be able to see what other aspects there were rather than just working, they also said about having a great social life to it as well.

The second guest speaker was Cos Costantinides he was a Kent student who was did his placement with Argos. I thought it was great hearing about his experience from a students point of view as he seemed honest and open to his year in industry  which was very informative. He explained his recruitment experience and gave us tips on whats best to do in order to come across as professional and serious about the job.  
He conveyed his enthusiasm to doing a placement year and showed us some of the work he had produced which was amazing as he had helped develop some of the Argos website as well as designing the pages for the womans jewelley.section.
It was an eye opening speech and I will defiantly look into a placement at argos for my year in industry.