In our lectorial this week Paul Richard came to talk to us about our work attachments which requires:

• A minimum of 80 hours of work by the end of Media 6

• Can be via one or more different attachments of media

• It is expected that you talk to the careers officers before you begin your attachment so you head down the right path

• The attachment must be supervised by a media profession

• At the end of the attachment in media 6 you must complete a 1500 word written report about what you felt you learned in terms of professional development, skills, networks etc…

This made me think, I really need to start getting my priorities straight about media and think of a particular division that I might want to get my work attachment from. For example i’m not sure which area i’d particularly like to focus my studies if that is Journalism, advertising or whatever. What Paul advised us to do was research the kind of organisation that we would like to work in and write a list of preferred attachments (about 6). I think another idea I could look at is work back in New Zealand over the summer break as I feel more confident about finding work back home then here in Melbourne at the early stages of my degree.

Im going to update my CV and what not over the mid year break, and start to put some ideas together of different media attachments I might want to focus on so when I come back I can start to plan and get on top of it before it gets on top of me.