Unit 01

A full time job, as you can tell by the name is where you're working over a certain amount of hours usually over 25 hours in a week is classed as a full time job. With a full time job you can dedicate yourself and your work to that one company and focus on what you need to do for the company. Having a full time job is better than having a part time one for many reasons, one being pay. You are usually paid more for a full time job because you are working a lot of hours and dedicating a lot of your life to the company you work for. When you become employed you and your employer must sign a fixed contract and this can't be changed for a certain period of time. If you are a freelance worker then what this means is that you work on your own terms, some day you might be very busy and others you may be quiet and not get any work at all. It's basically a part time job.

If you are working full time it's almost impossible to get another job simply because of the hours that are being worked. If you had two full time jobs then you would leave very little time for yourself. With a part time job on the other hand it's a different story. You could have two or even three part time jobs and this would be as equal to having a full time one. With the way the economy is at the moment in Britain if you have a part time job it's very risky as you could lose it to make room for someone else which is pretty bad really.

Full time employment: The pay is better, You can get a pension, it looks better on CV, you get more holidays and breaks compared to part time work.


Part time employment: If you're lucky you can get more than one job, you have more time to yourself.

Freelance: You make more money than just full time/part time work if your successful, there is less of a risk than just working self employed because you have already got some income going in.


With full time employment you are more secure compared to having part time employment because you're there as a permanent employee and you are always guaranteed work. Your wages will always be better than someone who has got a part time job. 

It depends on the job. Certain jobs can be flexible in the hours that you work and with the breaks that you take for lunch. Others won't be as flexible, if your employer says you must work ten hours a day with only a half an hour break and it's in the contract and you have signed it then that's what must be done.

Again this depends on the job. Some jobs the company will automatically deduct it from your pay slip to make sure it gets paid. Other jobs like if you're self employed you will have to pay your own tax and national insurance. A freelancer will also need to pay their own tax.

Graphical Design Companies: Foundry 34, NG Technology, Zelo Creative Limited, Clockwork Design & New Media, Jigsaw Design Studios, Fluid Pixels, Carrot Media. These companies employees design graphical images such as logos and banners. They would then send them out to their clients.


Web Design Companies: NG Technology, Zelo Creative Limited, Clockwork Design & New Media, Indigo Multimedia, Tricycle Media, Cavens. These companies employees will design websites for clients. They would then send the finished product back to their clients


Graphical designers need experience with Photoshop, Fireworks and Illustrator. You need to be good at art and be able to come up with artistic ideas.


Web designers need experience using HTML and CSS. you need experience using Dreamweaver as well as Photoshop and Illustrator.


I would go on job sites to look for graphical designers. One website that I have used before is www.designcrowd.com. On this website you become a freelance designer. I have submitted work before and I am continuing to do so. I will post a picture at the bottom of this blog to show you what it looks like. web designers and web developers or I would apply for recruitment agencies who would find you work. You would need a Portfolio of your designs if you were going to apply to be a graphic designer. You would need to show all of your websites that you have designed if you wanted to become a website designer. To become a web developer you would need to make sure that they show the websites that they have developed.

I think that this design was good because in the description they asked for something simple and it's a health care business for animals. So i added the first aid cross showing that it does medical treatment and then under that i wrote the companies name which is Oceanside Animal Wellness. This shows that the company is all about animal care. It is a very basic logo and I think it would work well for the company.