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Design Can Change the World (or at least your world)

How Studying Design Will Help You in Your Everyday Life

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-Introductions

Hello and welcome!

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-Social Media Marketing Coordinator, Sterling Publishing -Founder / President, NY Creative Interns

What I Do

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-Career fairs / Career Center visits -Internships -Events (at school and outside of school)

How I Got There

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BY PATRICIA KITCHENpatricia.kitchen@newsday.com

When it comes to finding ajob, Mosa Parris, 21, facesthree challenges: 1) graduatinginto a tough job market; 2)having catch-up work to doafter switching majors lastyear; 3) switching to a majornot known for being in univer-sal demand, fine arts.

Still, the Hofstra Universitysenior left Tuesday’s careerevent, “Not All Artists AreStarving,” full of hope and en-thusiasm. A former pre-medstudent, she said, “It was in-spiring, revealing and every-thing I need to hear.”

One key theme from severalof the seven speakers, all formerarts majors now working in thefield: Don’t expect a straightpath to finding a job or buildinga career. “If you have a plan, ex-pect it not to happen, and thatdoesn’t mean it’s a negative,”said Amy Dresser, a 1998 Hofstragraduate, now a freelance photoretoucher and illustrator in LosAngeles. She told of having to de-velop business savvy after a staffjob ended. At first when she wasasked for her hourly rate, shesaid she thought, “I don’t knowhow to talk that way.”

Sean O’Kane, a 2008 gradu-ate and photo assistant forInStyle.com, told the close to90 students attending how theunexpected could happen “inreally good ways.” Early on,he had applied for freelancework with that Web site.Nothing came of that, he said,but when he least expected it,

he was contacted for an in-tern position, which seemedto “come out of the blue.”

Another key message: Honoryour passion even if you’re notsure where it’s taking you.Yvonne Dagger, a 1994 Hofstragrad, told how her love for ani-mals led her to paint portraits ofshelter dogs and cats. Her hus-band asked what she was doing;she said she didn’t know. Butsoon after, MarthaStewart.comlearned of her work, which isnow featured on the site.

Also, develop a practical side,several speakers said. O’Kanetold of his increased apprecia-tion for things like health bene-fits, which he has on his job, andthe need to “give practical mat-ters a thought.” One of the hard-est things for an artist is to doself-marketing, said Dagger, yetit must be done. Also, if youwant to be a painter, her adviceis, “Don’t quit your day job.”

The event was coordinated byEmily Miethner, a Hofstra seniorand marketing/events intern atTime Out New York magazine,in conjunction with the school’scareer center. “We’re graduatingsoon, and that’s scary in general,”she said. Hearing from those whohave made it, “gives you hope.”

Parris, who grew up in Guya-na and says she “dreams fashiondesigns” in her head, agrees. Herplan is to attend the school’s jobfair next week in search of an in-ternship, hopefully related tofashion. Yes, she said, there maybe times when “you’re down inthe dumps. But the day you giveup is possibly the day you wouldget your big break.”

Astellas raises pressure inhostile takeover bid of OSI

Melville-based OSI Pharma-ceuticals Inc. was under increas-ing pressure from shareholdersas a Japanese drugmaker Tues-day began the formal process ofa hostile takeover. Shares of OSIsoared more than 40 percentfrom a Friday close of $37 onnews that Astellas Pharma Inc., aglobal pharmaceutical maker,would offer $52 a share and

would go directly to sharehold-ers. Earlier proposals to the OSIboard were rejected. OSI, whoseresearch focuses on drugs forcancer and diabetes, is in the pro-cess of moving to WestchesterCounty. Shares closed down 36cents yesterday to $56.64. An As-tellas subsidiary, Astellas U.S.Holding Inc., announced Tues-day that it had filed a lawsuit inDelaware against OSI and its di-rectors to prevent them from ob-structing the attempted take-over. OSI’s board responded byissuing a news release askingshareholders to “take no action

at this time pending the reviewof the tender offer.”

— JOSEPH MALLIA

Major indexes mixed onFed’s slow recovery forecast

Early gains in stocks unrav-eled yesterday after the FederalReserve signaled the economicrecovery will be slow. The DowJones industrial average fell 9.22points, or 0.1 percent, to10,396.76. The S&P 500 indexrose 0.48, less than 0.1 percent,to 1,118.79. The Nasdaq compos-ite index slipped 0.11, or lessthan 0.1 percent, to 2,280.68.

U.S. Justice Departmentprobes bets against euro

The Justice Department islooking into whether hedgefunds worked together to drivedown the value of the euro, ac-cording to a report yesterday inThe Wall Street Journal. The in-vestigation is likely to deter-mine whether the hedge fundscoordinated their bets that theeuro would fall. The depart-ment inquiry comes as otherregulators examine derivativestrades that big Wall Streetbanks made with Greece.From staff and wire reports

Job hunt talkgives hopeto art majors

" Customize your portfolioto the job you’re going after,saidMarkWhalen, promotionsart director for Time Out NewYork magazine. If at the insis-tence of a client you did aproject you hate, you don’t haveto include it in your portfolio." Get to know yourprofessors. Amy Dresser, aphoto retoucher and illustra-tor, told of getting her firstjob after a glowing recom-mendation from a teacher." Forget about hanging out inyour dorm room, saidAmyOdell, amarketingmanagerwithGetty Images Inc. Join organiza-tions, attendart events andgalleries in the city, get yourwork—ormentionof it—outthereonTwitter andFacebook.

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TIPS FOR ART MAJORSSome jobsthey’ve found

" Photo assistantfor magazines" Photo researcher" Ad agency art director" New media specialistat corporations" Web designerat nonprofits" Junior designerat interactive designagencies" Jewelry and handbagdesigner" High school artteacher" Decor designer forbanquets and corporateparties

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How I Use Design at Work (even though design is not in my title)

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-Give better presentations -Create better resumes

Looks Matter

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-Learn to work in teams, formally or informally -Be inspired by your friends ideas, steal them often

Collaborate

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Value Feedback

-Learn to get the most out of critiques -Experience giving feedback to peers

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-Make your own mockups -Make things pretty on your own -Program skills will set you apart in jobs/internships

Get Stuff Done Faster

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