Advice for Design Graduates

David Airey, a brand identity designer, has an extensive blog with a lot of interesting posts. I recently read one where Chris Arnold, founder of Creative Orchestra and former creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, offers his pearls of wisdom to design graduates. Find it here. It's a helpful list of ten tips for new graduates to keep in mind when looking and applying for jobs, and one that I'll go back to in the future. While a lot of it is just common sense, it's the kind of things that we all need to be reminded of. I think the one tip I will struggle with the most, is finding a way to separate myself from the competition. How is a fairly modest and unremarkable person supposed to stand out and catch the attention of employers?