Progression

There are many different types of routes you can take in life to finally get a job, In this post I am going to talk about them.
First of all you spend 11-12 years of your life in school working towards the end to get at least 5 GCSE qualifications. This has to include Maths, English and Science, and then the rest of the choices you decide to take, to get into most colleges you have to have your maths GCSE and to get 5 GCSE's at D or above.
Then you go to college to either do a BTEC or A- Levels in Creative Media or Media Studies as an AS level or then go further to do the A Level. If you don't get enough GCSE's to start at level 3 BTEC or to do A levels then you can either start at level 1 or 2 depending on how many you get, which you then have the opportunity to work your way up to level 3 which gives you the opportunity of finishing college and going to university or going straight into work experience or an internship depending on your preferences.
However, you don't always have to go to college, you can get an apprenticeship  in Digital Graphics any many other things which can also lead on to university or even a job.
Next you can go to University and get a degree in anything from Media and Marketing to TV to Film Production which you will do for 3-4 years depending on how long your at university for. While in university you will do many different placements in different companies to build up your contacts and to also get some work experience into working in the media industry depending on which degree you decide to do.
After university people trying to get a job in the media can take years, to build up your own contact list in the media and to build up your CV you need to take volunteering jobs and as many internships as possible to create as much work experience as possible that may put you ahead of other interviewees when applying for a job.
Then after building up your CV as much as you can doing many different small jobs such as being a runner in a film production or being an assistant which will help you gain your knowledge into the media industry then it is time to start applying for jobs, which after doing all work experience hopefully you will be a higher candidate than others in the running for one.
Once getting your job you are still always learning and making progress, the media industry is constantly changing so your portfolio will grow and get bigger as years go on.
You can also work your way up your job, if you start off from work experience or an intern then you may also recieve a job at the end which will help you along the way.