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If I would have known how little Graphic Designers make entry level, I would have never spent 6 years total in school. I moved to Houston and got job offers starting at $10-12 an hour for 20 hours a week. I decided to work for a golf course and make more part time. What is sad is that most professions are salary base and you start out at $30-40K. Freelance is definitly more lucrative if you know how to draw business for yourself. As for me, I don't know anyone in the area and can't really find a...

Let them know you intend to be an active player in the company. Read what you can about their mission and their objectives and strategies. Ask lots of questions. Although they may not seem to apply to your job, let them know you want to get a solid global perspective on the direction the company is going. The look of a company can speak to that change even before you have goteen there. Imagine the customer viewing your comapny as moving towards the same goals that company is trying to achie...

I am going into my sixth year of college, attaining my BFA in graphic design. I currently got hired at my first "real job" as a graphic designer only a few months ago. My employer refused to sign me on at more than $8.00/hr because I have no previous work experience and have not graduated yet. I confronted him after my 90 "probation period" about working full time (40+ hours per week compared to my current 25). He accepted and I now work full time, but have not received any type of raise or wri...