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A few weeks before the interview for college for the FDA and a job interview for a non create job, the whole group had a presentation on interview skills by Emma Rivera which was a careers adviser.

We were taught about the STAR technique,

S - Situation 

T - Task

A - Action

R - Result

by using the star technique we were asked to think of examples which shows us using the following skills, communication, team work,  and working to a deadline which are all important skills as they are all needed within the work place as you have to communicate and work as a team as well as meeting deadlines on things you are told to do.

As well as learning the star technique we also got additional information on how we should speak in an interview with correct manners as well as what we should do with our body language, we also got uni interview questions to think about and answer the questions for practise for any upcoming uni interviews.

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I have had an interview for a university course at Nottingham college, I have chosen to include 9 digital copies of my work that I have done within these past few years as well as a darkroom image that I have created within the first project of this year. I have chosen the order that the images are in because I wanted my best image at the beginning of my portfolio to show my best work from this year as well as showing my range of different techniques to separate my images to make the order look really good. I got my tutors opinions on the order of my portfolio to see what they think would be good and they chose this order with their opinions too.

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Cover letter

Sarah-Jayne Langford

91 Oak Avenue Blidworth,

Mansfield,

Nottinghamshire,

NG21 0TJ

sarahlangfordx@hotmail.com

07968407664

Dear Sir/Madam

Please find enclosed a copy of my CV for you to read. I think I will be a good candidate for a job in Subway as I learn new things quickly and I work well within a team. This means that I can work with fellow colleagues effectively and complete tasks effectively.

I also think I would be a great candidate for the job as I can be flexible with hours. I currently attend college in Nottingham two days a week and volunteer at a local primary school in my spare time. This means that I have became a punctual individual as being on time is very important within the working environment.

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CV

Name: Sarah-Jayne Langford Address: 91 Oak avenue Blidworth, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG21 0TJ Number: 07968407664 Email: sarahlangfordx@hotmail.com

Personal profile:

I consider myself as a very hardworking individual that is punctual for placements and meets dead lines that need to be met on projects. I do excellent individual work when I need to as well as working great in a team. I also consider myself as a fast learner which is important as I will need to learn skills within everyday life quickly to be able to complete certain tasks especially in the workplace.

Education/qualifications: Nottingham college 2018-2020: UAL Level 3 photography - Grade is pending

Joseph Whitaker school 2013 - 2018: Art: 3 English language: 3 English literature: 4

Mathematics: 4 Double science: 4/4 Health and social care: level 2 pass Business studies: C Geography: 4

Employment/work experience:

Voluntary work at Blidworth Oaks Primary school: in class volunteer helping year one’s with their work as well as helping certain individuals that struggle with their work. I also help year one’s and foundation read to help improve their reading skills to help them in the future.

Skills:

Communication skills

Outstanding time management and punctuality

Quick learner

Able to work and adapt to a working timetable

Technical skills - working with cameras - digital and non digital camera as

well as experimental techniques

Studio skills - lighting, backdrops, health and safety

Software skills - Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Darkroom - able time develop film and enlarge imagesInterests:

Interests:

In my free time i like to read a lot of crime/thriller books especially ones written by James Patterson, as well as reading my main hobby is photography which I also study and do in my own time creating mini projects for myself to do.

Referees: Referee one: Name: Liam Sheppard Email: liam.Sheppard@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk Referee two: Name: Jordi Guerrero Email: jordi.Guerrero@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk

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PERSONAL STATEMENT

This week I signed up to UCAS and filled in my personal statement to apply for teh Universities that I apply for.

Does your previous or current studies relate to the course(s) that you have chosen?

My current study does relate to the course that I have chosen because I am studying level 3 UAL photography at Nottingham College which is equivalent to 3 A levels. I have chosen to do further study in photography as I would like to get a degree in photography and gain more skills within this region of work to have my own business in the future.

Have you taken part in any other activities that demonstrates your interest in the course?

I have not been to any open days however photography wise I have been to many exhibitions and had many opportunities to take photos.

I went to format festival 2019 which had the theme of Forever/Now which had many photographs from many photographers to show their views on the theme of Forever and Now, I went to format festival on the open day due to one of my images being in the exhibit and I also went with college to help me with my FMP project for what to do within the project. Within format there was another section which was project 16 which was based on 16 year olds and how they live their lives to show how their lives are being impacted to this day.

Within the first year of my course I went to Rotterdam with college as well as having many photo opportunities I also went to museums which had many excellent pieces of work, I went to for the Rijks museum, Van Gogh museum, Stedijk museum and Foam. I had an excellent time in Rotterdam and learnt a lot which went towards one of my projects. I also went to London for the day with college and visited museums here too which helped me with one of my projects as well with research, the museums that we visited were The Natural History museum, Saatchi museum and the Victoria and Albert museum.

Lastly, I have been to the Nottingham contemporary museum twice, the first time was during the first year of my college course which I took compositional photos of the art work within the exhibit that we saw to have research within a project which also helped us take compositional photos throughout the whole year as well. The second time I visited with this year during the first project which helped me research and identify different ways to create experimental images for this year digital and non digital.

Skills and achievements:

Skills

I would say that I have many skills that I have gained from work experience and being on this course however I would like to expand and gain more experience within the skills that I have got.

Communication skills

Technical skills - working with a camera and knowing many experimental techniques

Studio - health and safety

Software - photoshop, adobe bridge, lightroom

Darkroom - able time develop film and enlarge images

Good time management - on time to class and placements, meet deadlines on time

Able to work with a lesson timetable

All of these skills are important especially with some jobs as communication skills are needed due to communicating with people you work with and the clients that you will need to communicate with when selling them the services that you are doing.

Also being punctual is important because if you are not punctual the course or the job you’d like to do won’t allow you on due to you not being good at being on time, especially with deadlines on projects that need to be done.

Being able to use language within my work is important as it helps me annotate my work in an understanding way as it helps people who see my work understand how I created my work and my own opinion of my work as well as how I’d improve my work if I was to do it again.

Lastly, presentation is key as I have to be able to explain my work to a group of people to tell them how I created my work also what I like about my work, within the presentation I also have to be able to take criticism as it will help me improve my work in the future.

Achievements

I have had a few achievements within the past few years such as one of my images being exhibited in Format Festival Forever/Now which I was very proud of myself for as I didn’t expect my work to be shown within the exhibition.

I have also had three of my images put onto the Nottingham college photo Instagram account, my three images that were put onto the Instagram page was my three images of eyes which I used a macro technique to capture the detail within the eyes.

Lastly, I had the opportunity to take photos for Base 51 in Nottingham for their website which showed what the people do at base 51 as well as their counselling places within the building, these photos were taken to try to improve the amount of people visiting base 51 for help and socialisation.

Hobbies and interests

For my hobbies and interests I would say that I am interested in videogames especially survival games as they help teach us how to survive in different situations, and photography is one of my hobbies that I would like to turn into a career as I enjoy doing it as well as travelling and taking photos.

Work experience

I have done a few placements for work experience such as volunteering at a primary school a few times which has made me gain new skills, as I am working with young children as well as adults. I have worked with a range of children from nursery up until now which I am working with year ones and nursery with reading and helping year ones with their work in the mornings. With this experience I have gained the knowledge of how children work and how they manage with different tasks as well as teaching them how to read. During the mornings I work with a few individuals who need extra help with their work which has gained me more experience with patience as it is needed within this setting.

If you know what you’d like to achieve after completing the course, explain how you want to use the knowledge and experience that you gain. How does the course relate to what you want to do in the future?

After completing the course with the knowledge and experience that I have gained I would like to have my own photography business, this course relates to my future job because it allows me to gain more experience within photography before I create my own business to get me prepared for what I would like to do within my business.