Employability Reflection
My 5 Year Plan consists of two different pathways. Moving onto the second year of my course then going to University studying video editing and pre-production, and the second pathway would be finishing year two then attending another course.
I plan on finishing the second year of my course then attending University as I believe I will be making progression a lot quicker, rather than doing several other courses first. I want to go to MetFilms University to study a 3 year Undergraduate course on pre-production, this course will give me a degree in pre-production video editing where I can then seek employment in the media Industry. The positives to this pathway are:
I will have a degree which is very impressive on a cv
more skill and job opportunities
more experience within the industry
the chance to progress to a master class or higher
better chance of exceeding in the industry
a very good experience
The negative points to going to university straight after my second year on this course are:
I will be in education for a long time as Universities are usually 3 or 4 year courses to get a undergraduate degree
still will not necessarily get employment at the end of studying
may be over qualified for a job or part time job and get turned down
may want to do more than one course which will take up extra time and I will then be really old
University may be too expensive or not local
may be wasting even more time as I just want to get a really good job as quick as possible to be able to work my way up into a higher career branch
My backup plan if this career pathway does not work out, is to finish the second year of my Creative Media Production course and go onto a Graphics design, Interior design, Photography or another media course on level 3 or 4. Once I have done another course, I should have built upon my UCAS points, A levels, work experience and confidence within the media Industry. I may then progress to University after I have done a second course at college as I would have a stronger understanding of what job prospects there are and what I would like to do as a career.
The positives of my backup plan:
I will have more experience
More A level qualifications
More UCAS points
More friends
will also look very good on my cv
the chance to build on my confidence, knowledge and education before possibly going to University
able to seek employment afterwards
good teachers and equipment
may not be as challenging as University
good if I do not know what career path I want to take still
not as long as a University course
The negatives to doing more courses within the creative and media industry at the same level or possibly higher are:
if I will be going to University afterwards, then that is another 3/4 years on top of a two year course (takes too long)
might get lost if I do not know the area well
might decide I have chosen the wrong course In University
college does not have the equipment and study materials of university
may be missing out on a great experience
college is not as impressive as University
As you can see, there are a lot of positive and negative points for every decision that I decide to make when heading for my career goal. I would like to go with my first plan which is year two of the college course then University route, however I may not end up with the grades and qualifications needed therefore I could end up staying in college. Doing another college course also sounds very appealing to me as I would like to study more than one area but I do not want to do a second college course then University as it will take too long as I will be old and I do not want a career when I am old because I will have to retire before I have even had experience within the media industry.
