Sunday, September 9, 2012

Got an MFA? Need a Job? Consider the Creative Agency


Over at The Millions, Hope Mills explores an alternative job path for creative writers graduating with M.F.A. degrees -- though the advice is also useful for those graduating with B.F.A. degrees in creative writing:
When I graduated with my MFA earlier this year, I routinely fielded the various versions of What are you doing next? Of course, what people really wanted to know was what I was going to do for a job. Frankly, I’d never considered doing anything other than what I had been doing — planning and creating communication packages at the creative agency where I’ve worked for the last decade. The guys in Mad Men did it. So could I. . . .

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