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Frustrated With Your Job Search?

Looking for a career in art can be a lengthy and frustrating process. You may have to apply to 100 jobs before you have an offer. You also may have to go through 20 interviews before you land the right job. Hopefully this page will ease the pain.

Your first step in looking for employment is developing an eye catching resume and cover letter. Art teachers and artists have one up in the design area, but usually need help with the format and verbage. Make sure you personalize the templates that are listed on this page. It also helps if you research the company and integrate that some way in your cover letter. Later on this page you will find templates and other resources for creating a resume and cover letter.

Apply for as many openings as you can and don't forget to follow up with a phone call- especially if you don't live in the state or country where the position appears. Many will ignore resumes from out-of-state or foreign people unless they know they are serious and will travel for an interview.

Below you will be able to view many websites that offer job search opportunities for everything from art education to gaming design and graphic arts.

Art Education

The Education Portal says that job opportunities for art teachers the next ten years are good to excellent. You can search for an art teacher position below:

Search for Art Teacher positions around the world:

Cover Letter Templates and Helpers

• Cover Letter Templates from About.com- With a variety of templates.
• University of Missouri Templates
• CareerLab- With a huge selection of cover letter, thank you letter, help with job offers and more.
• Perfect Cover Letters- with templates and advice.
• Pongo Resume- With a resume builder and publisher. Get tutoring on writing effective cover letters. $9.95 fee.
• Resume Cover Letters- This site has free samples and advice.
• Southview- with templates categorized for easy search.

Resume Templates and Helpers

• Art Resume Templates- Where you can download templates in Word and WordPerfect format.
• Center for Work & Service- from Wellesley College
• Professional Resume and Cover Letter Templates- with alphabetized listings.
• Resumes from About.com- with resources, advice and templates.
• Resume Edge- with before and after templates. They also have a paid resume service.
• Resume Zapper- Send your resume to over 14,000 recruiters for a small fee.

• A&D Career Opportunities- A University of Michigan site.


• 4entertainment jobs- Where you can search for jobs in the arts and entertainment.
  
  
• AIGA Design Jobs- Jobs across the U.S.


• Americans for the Arts Job Bank - Americans for the Arts has contracted with Boxwood Technology, which only works with associations and is endorsed by ASAE, to create this new website.


• Aquent - the creative, web, and technical talent agency (international job database, free searching)


• art bistro- Search by career path and find scholarships.


• ArtCareer.net- Focuses on multidisciplinary and visual arts.
  
  
• Art Directors Club- Advertising and graphic design jobs across the U.S.
  
  
• Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington- Advertising and graphic design jobs in the Washington D.C. area.


• Artjobonline- Includes articles on art jobs.


• Art & Design - Career & Employment - an extensive collection of art employment links.


• Art Jobs & Opportunities - a list of openings across the nation by the Indiana Arts Commission.


• Art Philanthropy Careers - with art careers in non-profit organizations.


• Arts Administration Jobs and Internships - A site from the SPEA.


• Arts Opportunities- A site with job openings. They also include call for entries in exhibitions and contests.


• ArtHire.com - employment resources, including job search and portfolio posting options.


• ArtJob.org - a bi-monthly publication listing U.S. and international art jobs. Subscribe online.


• Artweek - lists artist residencies, employment opportunities, competitions, and more. Focuses on the U.S. west coast.


• California EdJoin -Where you can find art teaching jobs.

• CareerBuilder- Perhaps the best job search agent on the internet.
  
  
• CareerJet- A job search engine for Canadians.
  


• Careers - listing of employment opportunities for visual arts professionals, published bi-monthly by the College Art Association.


• Chronicle Careers- You can search for post-graduate positions here.


• CollegeRecruiter.com- Where you can search for jobs and get help with resumes.
  
  
• Computerlove- Connecting creative talents
  
  
• Coroflot- a design jobs board for jobs across the U.S.


• Creative Heads- Jobs in animation, special effects, video game design and more.


• Current Art Jobs for Graduates - subscription-based listing (bi-monthly updates) for entry-level jobs.


• Disney Job Openings- You can search for your dream art job here.
  
  
• Diverse Jobs- with K-12 and higher education job s across the U.S. The focus is on diverse populations and urban districts.


• Education World- You can sign up for their newsletter that has current teaching positions.


• Entertainment Careers.NET- with many entertainment jobs in the arts.


• Find Your Art School.com- They have paid links divided by state and vocation.


• Fine Arts Job Board - post a job or find one around the US -- artists, models, gallery workers and more.


• Guru.com- Employers look for freelancers, get free quotes, and hire people for individual jobs.


• Horace Mann's Reach Every Child- A page with many job search links for teachers.


• HotJobs.com-Another popular job search tool by Yahoo on the internet.


• HotResumes.com- Where you can post your resume for free.


• Indiana Arts Commission Art Jobs & Opportunities


• Job.com- where you post your resume for free.


• Job Hunt Wiz- You can search for jobs as well as create resumes.


• JOBLine News - U.S. graphic arts job opportunities published by the Graphic Artists Guild of New York. Subscribe online.


• Job Rapido- You can search for art jobs around the world with this site. Click on the bottom of the page for the country you desire.


• Jobseeker's Guide for Animation, Visual Effects and Interactive Digital Media - Industry Guide sites.


• Jobster- This site combines several job posting companies into one job alert. You will find many job postings there.

• Mandy's Film and TV Production Directory- An extensive collection of jobs from around the world.
  
  
• Mediabistro.com- With art, design and photography jobs across the U.S.


• Monster.com- One of the largest job sites.


• NAEA- You can set up a job search agent as well as search for art teaching positions.
  
  
• New England Jobs for Artists- Job postings on Ahtspot.


• NYFA Classified- The New York Foundation for the Arts job listings.


• oDesk- Similar to Guru.com but more international in nature. Employers look for freelancers and temps to complete specific jobs.


• PEER - (Professional Education Employee Referral) Get an art teaching job in Indiana.


• Philanthropy Careers - Art jobs in the non-profit profession.


• PostBidWin.com - Connecting advertisers with professional freelance graphic designers.


• PrintJobs.com: Printing & Graphic Arts Jobs Employment and Careers - nationwide job listings in the printing/graphic arts industries.


• Resume Zapper- Where you can have your resume distributed to thousands of recruiters.


• School Spring - A collection of art teaching jobs across the USA.


• TASANET - Get art teaching jobs in Texas.
  
  
• Teachers Support Network - Search for education jobs in the U.S.


• TeachinFlorida - where you can get an art teaching job in Florida.


• The Art Deadlines List- monthly newsletter providing information about juried exhibitions and competitions, call for entries, jobs, internships, scholarships, residencies, and more.


• Visual Nation - a listing of web pages where you can search for art jobs.


• Visual Art Career Guide - Every art job you can imagine.


• WetFeet- Where you can search for jobs and get career advice.

International Art Employment Opportunities

• Art Jobs in Italy - A directory of jobs from Google.
  
  
• British Arts- with art jobs in the UK.


• Canada Council for the Arts


• Cultural Careers Council Ontario - with art related jobs across Ontario.


• Jobrapido- With art jobs in the UK.
  
  
• Jobs, Jobs, Jobs- Find thousands of new jobs, careers and employment opportunities in Australia


• KEMPS - with art related jobs in Australia.


• tafeSA, with jobs in South Australia.


• TeacherSeeker- With a focus on international jobs.


• UK Work Search, where you can search for art jobs by city.
  
  
• Veer: Careers- With art jobs across the world.

Resources

• Artist Marketing- A blog that has a few pointers for artists wanting to market their work in a recession.