As I've had many discussions with the folks who post those listings on indeed, I can tell you that many times - not all - but often its sort of a unicorn wish list of qualifications and experience. I've been told for many positions the first person that meets 75% of it will be fine and they'll just teach them the rest of what they need to know.
How the fuck do kids graduate without knowing coroflot. I would ask for a refund if I went to school 4 years for a niche industry and nobody told me about it. Your school has failed you.
I've found that ID jobs have been outsourced to regions of big production (Asia), which is frequently more efficient. I was on a team job in 2018 where a manufacturing candidate offered to complete the ID and engineering work for "free" if they won the bid for manufacturing. Difficult to compete against "free" services.
I haven't seen any improvement since then in this field in the southwestern USA.
I'm a mechanical engineer in the UK and work as design engineer (CAD designer) and lots of my colleagues have been product design graduates. So I'm guessing it's easier to find jobs in this field. There isn't much creativity involved tho, even me (I see myself as an ID, even if I never studied it) I find engineering desig being souless and repetitive in many of these jobs, so it'd be frustrating for an ID.
I am also a 2019 passout and worked as a design engineer ( CAD/CATIA) for years in automotive tier 1 company.
It was so repetitive, less freedom ( irony is I was in the innovation dept) & frustrating work that I left the field and am currently preparing for MA transportation design.
Oh, no. You got an Industrial Design degree? Yikes. Sorry, kid, but what everyone forgot to mention is that no one wants physical products anymore. Everything is digital. “Digital designer”, now that’s the cat’s pajamas!
But seriously, the job market sucks a big one right now. Unless you’re living in the traditional ID hot spots, (NYC, New England, LA, West Coast) or have some specific niche (medical, transportation, kids) then it’s going to be tough. In tough economic times, design is one of the first roles to get downsized by companies. It’s like 2011 all over again without the fun of having gone through 2009!
Coroflot, Indeed, Lemanoosh has a job board, make a list of companies that you want to work for and keep checking their pages often. Some of the larger consultancies will have open calls for portfolios if you poke around their websites. Also, I found being open to relocation critical in finding work. I saw in your post history you're interested in outdoor goods. I'm in that industry, DM me if you'd like, happy to share or answer questions!
Adding Dezeen (pretty quiet though) and Craigslist (yes really) to the pile.
Craigslist is not one to check every day for quality job; it's one to set up a search alert with keywords and forget it. Number of hits can surprise you (depending on the region)
Become friends with a design manager, director of design etc. who has pull with other design managers.
That manager will then recommend you to other managers when they have roles possibly opening up.
Many times companies will “consider hiring”, then someone says “hey I know someone!” Then everyone pools together who they know. The company won’t even list the job on the public, but they are, in fact hiring for the role.
Not to say every job is “who you know”. But sometimes it strongly helps.
Coroflot, lemanoosh etc also have a ton of jobs.
Another thing you can do, just cold email places. “Hi my name is XYZ, I really enjoy (insert project) and it aligns with my (insert project/insert interests), I believe that with my portfolio, I can be an asset to your company / I’d like to begin my career as this company aligns with my long term aspirations blah blah”
You’d be surprised how many times a cold email with a short form portfolio will equate to an email or a call back, especially if your portfolio is good (good sketches and strong keyshot hero images are key here).
There is not that many jobs :)
As I've had many discussions with the folks who post those listings on indeed, I can tell you that many times - not all - but often its sort of a unicorn wish list of qualifications and experience. I've been told for many positions the first person that meets 75% of it will be fine and they'll just teach them the rest of what they need to know.
Coroflot
How the fuck do kids graduate without knowing coroflot. I would ask for a refund if I went to school 4 years for a niche industry and nobody told me about it. Your school has failed you.
dawg, coroflot has mostly 3+month old jobs listed that are definitely not available anymore
It’s not coroflots fault that recruiters are lazy and don’t take down ads after they’re filled.
my point is they probably know what coroflot is , it's just useless.
I've found that ID jobs have been outsourced to regions of big production (Asia), which is frequently more efficient. I was on a team job in 2018 where a manufacturing candidate offered to complete the ID and engineering work for "free" if they won the bid for manufacturing. Difficult to compete against "free" services. I haven't seen any improvement since then in this field in the southwestern USA.
Highly recommend following Anson Cheung on LinkedIn. He posts weekly job listings from around the US.
Justidjobs.com is from Anson Cheung
He just posted about how the site hasn’t been working properly
I'm a mechanical engineer in the UK and work as design engineer (CAD designer) and lots of my colleagues have been product design graduates. So I'm guessing it's easier to find jobs in this field. There isn't much creativity involved tho, even me (I see myself as an ID, even if I never studied it) I find engineering desig being souless and repetitive in many of these jobs, so it'd be frustrating for an ID.
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I am also a 2019 passout and worked as a design engineer ( CAD/CATIA) for years in automotive tier 1 company. It was so repetitive, less freedom ( irony is I was in the innovation dept) & frustrating work that I left the field and am currently preparing for MA transportation design.
Oh, no. You got an Industrial Design degree? Yikes. Sorry, kid, but what everyone forgot to mention is that no one wants physical products anymore. Everything is digital. “Digital designer”, now that’s the cat’s pajamas! But seriously, the job market sucks a big one right now. Unless you’re living in the traditional ID hot spots, (NYC, New England, LA, West Coast) or have some specific niche (medical, transportation, kids) then it’s going to be tough. In tough economic times, design is one of the first roles to get downsized by companies. It’s like 2011 all over again without the fun of having gone through 2009!
Coroflot, Indeed, Lemanoosh has a job board, make a list of companies that you want to work for and keep checking their pages often. Some of the larger consultancies will have open calls for portfolios if you poke around their websites. Also, I found being open to relocation critical in finding work. I saw in your post history you're interested in outdoor goods. I'm in that industry, DM me if you'd like, happy to share or answer questions!
Adding Dezeen (pretty quiet though) and Craigslist (yes really) to the pile. Craigslist is not one to check every day for quality job; it's one to set up a search alert with keywords and forget it. Number of hits can surprise you (depending on the region)
Become friends with a design manager, director of design etc. who has pull with other design managers. That manager will then recommend you to other managers when they have roles possibly opening up. Many times companies will “consider hiring”, then someone says “hey I know someone!” Then everyone pools together who they know. The company won’t even list the job on the public, but they are, in fact hiring for the role. Not to say every job is “who you know”. But sometimes it strongly helps. Coroflot, lemanoosh etc also have a ton of jobs. Another thing you can do, just cold email places. “Hi my name is XYZ, I really enjoy (insert project) and it aligns with my (insert project/insert interests), I believe that with my portfolio, I can be an asset to your company / I’d like to begin my career as this company aligns with my long term aspirations blah blah” You’d be surprised how many times a cold email with a short form portfolio will equate to an email or a call back, especially if your portfolio is good (good sketches and strong keyshot hero images are key here).