having graduated last year, i have had a full year applying to jobs that come up in car design. I have recieved very few emails / letters back from the many applications I have sent. including jobs advertised on this site.

coming to the conclusion that these jobs do not really exist, or is it that they are open , ongoing jobs. and the cadidates they are seeking are non existent?

any other similar stories out there, or are the portfolios that continue to grow daily all unemployed...

Have you tried to do a follow-up with the companies that haven't responded back? In my experience, sometimes portfolios (esp. hardcopies) can get lost or placed into the wrong hands in larger studios. If you don't do a follow-up, the studio might not even realize that they have yet to go through your application.

Usually, I will ask the instructor or dept. chair (anyone who knows someone at the company) to do a follow-up for me. It really does help if you know someone who may know someone that actually works in the studio you are applying to. I've had similar experiences before where I wouldn't even get any acknowledgment of my existence from some studios. But after I asked my instructor(s) to make some calls, the studio kept a regular correspondence with me and would even answer little questions I had.

Hope that helps. I think it's important for graduated students to keep an open communication with the career services dept. at their school or to keep in touch with their instructors.
Also, you should definitely apply to more than just car design jobs and keep updating your portfolio as needed.

hence the reason we pay/attend/graduate from CCS/ACCD... we'll know people in these studios by the time we graduate.. and if not then our teachers/directors will.


(this is me 2nd'ing Modsquad)

Any jobs in europe, uk?
or just a reccession...

any success storys from reccent grads
or just a non existent employment