Unit 1

Unit 1 - Awareness of Employment in the Creative Media Sector

Know about employment status in the Creative Media Sector


The difference between employed and self employed depends on whether the person works under a contract of services or a contract for services. A way of being able to tell the nature of the contract it is significant and prime to follow the common law principal.

Employed
If an employee is employed by a company or business they will be set to a certain amount of hours and will be paid for that time. Although the employee has to do the work themselves someone will be able to move them from task to task. They can also tell them where and what they want to do at any given time. Employees are obligated to being paid overtime or bonus payments.  

Self employed

Self employees will not get the same benefits as employed such as being paid overtime. Employees who are self employed are set to a fixed rate no matter how long the job or task will take. One major benefit of this is that they can decide what work they need to do and are able to hire people to help with the task at hand. A disadvantage is that they are taking a huge risk by using their own money. When self employed the business will have various running costs. You can claim so much money from your businesses turnover in allowable expenses and you will only pay tax on the remaining. Costs that are allowable include travel costs, office costs, advertising or marketing and financial costs. If you use traditional accounting then you can't claim allowable expenses on things that you use in your business for example a car, but you can claim as capital allowances. A Capital allowance is just a sum of money that a business can deduct from their income tax on its profit.

Self employee Tax

Freelance
A freelancers earnings are centrally based around clients as it all depends on the amount of clients they are taking on.
A freelancer takes responsibility for their own tax and National Insurance contributions. If you are a sole trader then you will be required to pay income tax on any business profits over your personal allowance. You also have to pay Class 2 NI contributions at £2.70 a week unless you earn £5725 a year and Class 4 NIC's (National Insurance Contributions). Limited companie freelancers are required to pay corporation tax on your taxable profits, income tax, VAT and tax dividends. Failure to pay for their own tax could lead to penalties. Freelancers working patterns are based mainly around clients and when they are available.

Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships are for people aged 16-19 that are not in full-time education.who are wanting to earn experience that will allow them to persue or seeking to start a new career. They are work basing programmes that lead to a qualification. There are 3 levels: intermediate, advanced and higher.
If an apprentice is 19 and in their second year of the course then they are legal obliged to National Minimum Wage for their age. Apprentices will be taxed like other employees. They will have to pay income tax and National Insurance Contributions. They will be taxed through the Pay As You Earn system (PAYE). Apprentices have a similar working pattern to someone who is employed as you are contracted to work so many hours. Most apprentices only get paid for how many hours they work and are paid no overtime. Depending on the job role apprenticeships can be flexible but most apprenticeships are working from 9 till 5.



Volunteer
Volunteers don't have the same rights as an employer or worker. Volunteers will receive an agreement rather than a contract that will explain the level of support and help you will get. It will also include the expenses that the organisation will cover. This volunteer agreement will show you what you can expect from the organisation and the job.

Understand the Creative Media employment market place

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There is many employers that you could work for in the creative media sector such as magazines, newspapers, photography companies, film employers and radio companies. The profiles that these employers might use could be, marketing, social media, promotion, training, editing and demonstrating.
The products that the employers provide in the media sector are films, adverts, promotion, photographs and a wide range of other products.

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Many companies or managers choose an employer based on their interests, skills and basically whether they are right for the job. If the employer has experience and knowledge in that particular field then they are most likely to be offered the job. Before looking at the employers experience and skills they will look at whether the employee will fit into place in the creative media sector. The first thing that employers will look at and ask themselves is whether the employer shares the same goals as you or the company, and if they aim to achieve something that is considered important to the business. Another thing that employers will consider is whether the employee has past experience in working with creative media or have done similar things working in that subject field. Although qualifications can be considered an important factor when coming to chose an employee as they might be needed for the job role, it is not all based on that. When coming to interview a possible employee, the employer usually gets an idea of what they are like not just by what they talk about but how they react to questions that are asked. Employers that are looking to hire someone in the creative media market place might ask the employee to demonstrate tasks or show them previous work they have done.




All images taken from google images

Be able to promote self

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This first CV I created for a job opportunity in catering. The skills match the criteria of that specific job role.




















The second CV that I created would be used for a job opportunity to be a photographer.