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I am 26 years old egyptian male .... was born in dubai and lived there for 19 years .... I am here in egypt now for almost 8 years .graduated from applied arts , graphics section... things are going bad with me ...I am a good graphics designer but I am not able to find a good job here .. I don't know whats going on with me ... making some small fast money from time to time ..like driving, computers, or doing what ever ...I am good at almost everything ...can any one help ? I was even thinking of getting out of here to any other country ,,,but I didn't finish my military papers yet .,, I don't have to serve military coz I am the only boy ....but I am finishing that these days ...coz I want to renew my passport and be able to travel any where if I had a chance to work outside ....
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Why don't you try to get employment in Dubai? You know what to expect there and salaries are tempting.
There are many recruiting agencies out on the web.
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Good luck in finding your employment. Send me a pic once you are settled! Posts: 30135 | From: The owner of this website killed ES....... | Registered: Feb 2004
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quote:Originally posted by hitman: I am 26 years old egyptian male .... was born in dubai and lived there for 19 years .... I am here in egypt now for almost 8 years .graduated from applied arts , graphics section... things are going bad with me ...I am a good graphics designer but I am not able to find a good job here ..
If you think you're good try to become better, it may help you find a job. From what I've seen Egypt is lacking in that area. It mazes me the number of Egyptian websites with crappy graphics. Not to mention the lousy pictures they post on those websites, even armature photographers can do better.
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quote:Originally posted by Magnoon Leader: If you think you're good try to become better, it may help you find a job. From what I've seen Egypt is lacking in that area. It mazes me the number of Egyptian websites with crappy graphics. Not to mention the lousy pictures they post on those websites, even armature photographers can do better.
Not only websites, a lot of printed stuff is seriously lacking in quality as well. Even expensive glossy magazines, for example, often suffer from bad layouts, very unprofessional use of typography, bad image quality and an overall lack of the application of basic design rules.
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As unhelpful as this will be hitman, I remember that insurance companies are usually looking to hire people. I know for example, there's this one on Kalefa Al Mamoun in Heliopolis, I think it's called Pharaonic (it's the Egyptian version of AIG)--they're usually looking for people (possibly due to a high turnover rate?). I realize this isn't much of a job for a career, but if it's a dry spell--maybe? I know they're hiring (though this was a few months ago) because I was looking to get insurance for a 'job' and the way I said it was confusing, so they thought I was looking for a job and offered me one. There's also some company by Beano's on Baghdad street in Heliopolis where they pay you for medical transcription (need some familiarity with medical words, which you can pick up the basics I'm sure, and understanding spoken English to transcribe it), and they're always hiring too. I wish I could remember their name, if you're interested I can ask someone who used to work for them.
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professional in corel draw thats what they ment dalia lol
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Hitman: I am not sure if I undestood when you said: didn't finish my military papers yet ... I understnad when you are under 30 years then you will not have full military exemption , you will have a temperorary one ,, would you be able to find work in arabic countries or even get a working visa if you have not had military clearnce? also most of the jobs in Egypt does not give a good hcance for thos who have not finished the military service ,, so how would you go about that? Regarding finding jobs in Egypt ,,, Did you contact the employment agencies? I have seen many of them in Egypt ,, and I understand they do not charge you but they charge the employer, so you ar enot loosing anything by vistitng as many as you can.. I am talking about those which can find you jobs in Egypt ,, rather than those dodgy ones for finding employment in arabic countries. You were born in Dubai and lived there for 19 years ,, so I can assume that your family/parents should have enough fund to support you to start your own business,,,did you consider any business to start? One last advice.. you said ..I am good at almost everything ,,, no one is like that jack of all trades is master of none,, so do not try to sell /market yourself by saying that ,, it will make people usspect your ability ,,, it is must better to highlight one or 2 or even 3 areas which you think you can master.... good luck in finding the right job for you..
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quote:Originally posted by south_london_male: One last advice.. you said ..I am good at almost everything ,,, no one is like that jack of all trades is master of none,, so do not try to sell /market yourself by saying that ,, it will make people usspect your ability ,,, it is must better to highlight one or 2 or even 3 areas which you think you can master
I totally agree, and I think that's an important piece of advice.
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HitMan.. on emore advice if you do not mind make suree ( assuming you found a good place to apply at ) to mention your strenth point ,,, they would like to hear about your quality as how good a team member you can be,, how accurate you are ,, how fast you are .. you need to give examples,,also mention that you are willing to acquire new skills /knowlege .. you a ready to be trained and retrained .. how much mobile you can be and if you are happy to relocate ... make sure to have a CV ready and place it at many website and job agencies,, make sure not to mention so many things that you can do at the same CV ( no master of all trades please ) try to be impressive.. and again ggod luck
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quote:Originally posted by south_london_male: HitMan.. on emore advice if you do not mind make suree ( assuming you found a good place to apply at ) to mention your strenth point ,,, they would like to hear about your quality as how good a team member you can be,, how accurate you are ,, how fast you are .. you need to give examples,,also mention that you are willing to acquire new skills /knowlege .. you a ready to be trained and retrained .. how much mobile you can be and if you are happy to relocate ... make sure to have a CV ready and place it at many website and job agencies,, make sure not to mention so many things that you can do at the same CV ( no master of all trades please ) try to be impressive.. and again ggod luck
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Ms. Dalia , i wrote and translate what is writen in this magazine that is all , so i dont know if corel draw is for professional or not , but it was meaning pro. in corel draw (use it very well) by the way i know web designer told me that corel draw is the perfect choice
any way if you know some how to help so go a head..........
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thanks for ur help people ...... and hey dalia ..... let me tell u something ,I feel u r a pro ,, for a pro ,,all graphics softwares are important .... even corel ..... u know , most of the products packages / stationarys / B.cards ,,,,etc ,,, are made much more better with corel than other soft , each software have a good usage of it , any way , the designer is not a designer if he or she didn't waste a 100's of papers for sketching , thats the designing , computer softwares are just to bring the idea alife ,,,, I can draw a design with colors and a graphic pen that u wont make a diffrance between my hand and a printer ...and trust me with that ,,. lol
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hey dude we can work things out as free lancer if you have free time and pass me your cv i can check some stuff at work for you if you get the degree
amr
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man ..... I am graduated from The applied arts college....do u think I have a deploma ????...nop .. I have B.A applied arts / graphics and advertising section , its a five years srudy after the school ... , I am not playing here ,,,,lol + I am a natural born artist ...
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i dont know much about egyptain degrees i got my degree from out side egypt and in engineering lol so the point here is your work so join chat room here to get you my contact info and we talk little how things work
p,s advice dont talk so much let your work talk for you no one interested in some one saying iam the sh it lol trust me about that when some one see your work and say wow you simply smile and say i am glad you like it i will try harder next time amr
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the problem is that they see my work .... but they take and don't wanna pay ...lol ..I have over 16,000 Le in the market that I am not able to collect coz of the egyptian fucking (thief) companys ... lol I think you know intercontinintal citystars !! right ,,, ok ,,u can see there my work ..all thier printings is made by me .... u know a girl who uses Dabour Amla oil ??? printings r made by me .... Unza , Osome creative chocolate packages and cards,,,,, trend shop ..bla bla bla ,,all nothing, that was not art ,,I was just collecting money ,I want a real job that can give me more exp points ..something I don't know ,,, u said people wanna see my work right ! ,,,, go see it in the street ,,,, lol ,,, u got me wrong .... I am not sad coz I cannot find a job ,,, I am upset coz I am not finding a real challenging position . I refuse to be only a performer of graphics ...I am a creative ,,,, I have a crazy mind , wide imagination .... so thats why I am asking for help ,,,asking for help coz I am feeling that I am a dead who is still walking ,,,,, I am an egyptian ... but to me ..egypt sucks ..its killing me and my skills + my talent .... hope u got what I am talking about ,,I prefere be a transporter or a driver than bieng a designer who is not bieng evaluated ,,,,jobs for talanted people here are wasted ,,,,, hard to get ,,I left 4 companys in 4 months coz of that , a stupid team , or a greedy bastard boss who is not bieng fair .... so far from my place and also sucks .... I always leave the job coz I am uncomfort in it ...til I will find the good one , now a saudi owner of a satalite channel in media city wants to hire me to work for him in a good salary ,,,, suppose to start on saturday.... I hope its a nice place ...
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yes i understand but you can creat web site for your self read and take courses in new subjects every job is challenging man if you wanted to be i understand every bit of your frustration i got my degree in wimax security and desging swan networks which is layer of encryption prevented in usa do you think working in egypt was easy do u think i was happy with my degree and stopped having certification iam certified in Linux rhce / unix solaris 10 oracle 10g php and mysql cwnp cisco i got ccnp / security anti hacking from white hat training and still studying for pmp and will never stop see what i mean ? so its ok to be good and you like what you work in but the part of your job that u make it challenging create and create find new ideas and create
i maybe i miss understood you i though u have financial issue so i have hosting company maybe we can work together i would need graphic designer's for some of the clients hosted mostly css styles flash intros php encoded flash player alot really and i work for ministry of aviation so i might be able to find work there nothing fanstay but its stable if that what u looking for then i am glad to help if not and you want some one hire you and tell you you are the man do what ever you would like or design melody hits ads lol it doesn't exit in real life you know how life works u work hard and what gods give you elhamdolah you never stop working or been creative let me know if i can help peace amr
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thanks for ur help people ...... and hey dalia ..... let me tell u something ,I feel u r a pro ,, for a pro ,,all graphics softwares are important .... even corel ..... u know , most of the products packages / stationarys / B.cards ,,,,etc ,,, are made much more better with corel than other soft
Hitman, I've honestly never met a single professional who uses Corel Draw, most printshops will not even accept Corel files, because they don't color separate properly -- Corel Draw is for stuff that will be viewed on the screen, you can't do professional preprint preparation with it. I work with FreeHand and Illustrator, both excellent programs for vector illustrations, but I do most of my layouts in QuarkXPress anyway.
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You should open up a website where you can do your graphic work online and people will pay you. I know lots of talented people that make money that way, you will make good money and be your own boss so you wont have to deal with unfair egyptian bosses.
Hope the job you found with the saudi is going well, they are usualy good bosses.
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But it still sounds like an oxymoron to me ...
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