It’s that time of the time of the year when students are starting to think seriously about life outside the university bubble and there’s a slew of advice, some of which sadly comes down on the wrong side of the help/hinder divide. Fortunately London recruitment agency Represent are riding to the rescue with a super-simple, super-useful new project called The Ideal Candidate. Every day during February they are asking top design studios (such as Sagmeister Inc, Winkreative and Magpie Studio) what they are really looking for from prospective employees. Interview and portfolio tips from people who will actually interview you and look at your portfolios? Yes. Please.
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.