Career Search

As a result of a major company-wide downsizing in May 2003, my former employer was compelled to eliminate several positions, including mine. Shortly after resuming my employment search, I resolved to expand my education at Mercer County Community College in 2005. I anticipate receiving my Web Site Design Certificate in May 2009.

With recently acquired skills, I’m hoping to incorporate 15 years of pre-press (production) and design experience into a relevant career which embraces current employment and technological criteria.

That said, I’m not sure which career path to take. If my internship experience last summer (June – July 2008) is an accurate barometer, potential employers seek candidates who possess web, print and interactive (Flash) expertise. Realizing my strong suit probably remains my print production (and some design) background, I suspect my career path lies in print. However, I’m only too aware of the pitfalls of being a “one trick pony.”

Since I already had an account at monster.com I started my job search there after updating my Profile. Using the keywords “digital media artist” in an intentionally vague effort to maximize the results, monster found 300+ listings (in a 40 mile radius of my home.) Some of these jobs were more within the scope of my expertise and interest than others; and a significant number were quite dated.

Generally, I found the site to be easy to navigate – with rollover/pop-downs for a more detailed description of the job listed; a ‘save job listings’ button; a ‘quick apply’ button for the job selected… seems monster has thought of everything.