It is not necessary to have professional experience in a scrapbooking-related field when searching for scrapbooking jobs.
It is a good idea to have a personal passion for scrapbooking and knowledge about the subject.
In an interview, you can be guaranteed that you will be quizzed about scrapbooking specifics.
If your interviewer or potential client asks you what you think of quilling and you reply that you think quill pens are so last century, you won't get the job.
Here are three ways to get great scrapbooking jobs when you have no professional scrapbooking experience! 1) Find a Job that Fits Your Background There are a variety of positions that deal with scrapbooking one way or another.
Various magazines and online magazines are always on the lookout for copy editors or freelance journalists.
Parlay your English degree and passion for scrapbooking into a career writing about it! Scrapbooking companies are on the look out for marketing associates, buyers, salespeople, advertisers, store managers, graphic designers, illustrators, and consultants.
Even if you only have experience in retail working as a clerk at the local JCPenney, use it to show how well you deal with people, how skilled you are at selling a product, and how comfortable you are working in a store environment.
People who work in the field of scrapbooking have all kinds of college degrees, including marketing degrees, business degrees, art degrees, English degrees, and computer science degrees! An education in any of these fields combined with a love of scrapbooking is a good step towards getting a cool scrapbooking gig.
2) Build a Scrapbooking Portfolio The best way to prove to an employer or a potential client that you have mad scrapbooking skills is to provide them with concrete evidence.
It is impractical to bring several scrapbooking projects with you to interviews.
Consider creating a scrapbooking portfolio, or, in scrapbooking terms, a scrapbook of your scrapbooking.
You can do this two ways.
You can build a professional, informational website that highlights your past work or make an actual physical, portable portfolio to take with you.
You will need pictures of your projects and a written guide explaining your work.
In a portable portfolio, it's a good idea to have actual samples of your work.
Your portfolio should detail your scrapbooking style and philosophy, the products used, and the cost of the total project.
You should definitely include a variety of projects with different layouts, colors, and embellishments used.
3) Act Confident Even if you do not yet have a single client, creating business cards lends an air or professionalism.
List your name, contact information, and website on them.
Hand them to potential clients with confidence.
You don't care that you haven't had an actual job yet.
You will soon.
You know your work is good, you believe in what you are doing, and you have no doubt that you will find success.
Confidence makes employers and clients want to work with you; it gives them a sense of security knowing that you are poised and ready for anything.
Remember that anyone looking to start a new career or advance a career should always be looking to gain knowledge and experience through continuing education, by staying informed of new trends through magazines and books, and by actively networking with and maintaining relationships with others in the same field.
The same goes for scrapbooking jobs.
Showing clients and potential employers that you are genuinely interested in and keep up with the scrapbooking world will give you an edge over others.
It will also help you to be more confident and capable of turning a hobby into a rewarding job.