2. TYPES OF CONTRACT
Explain the following types of contracts, including advantages and
disadvantages
Full-time- This is when someone has to work a minimum hours which has
been defined by his/her employer. It does come with benefits which is
not usually offered to part-time, temporary or flexible hours. Some of
these benefits are annual leave, sick leave and health insurance.
They’re often considered careers and usually pay more than part-time
jobs. They also carry more hours per week.
Part-time- This is when someone carries fewer hours per week than a full-
time job, they work fewer than 30 or 25 hours per week. There are many
reasons for working part-time for example having your hours cut back
by an employer and being unable to find a full-time job. Part-time jobs
can be advantages for students, because they’re studying in either
college or university they might need the extra money but they’d have
to work around their time table hours.

3. Freelance- This is someone who is self-employed and isn’t committed to a particular
employer long term. They’re sometimes represented by a company or an agency.
Some can be completely independent though. Careers which a lot of people are
self-employed are music, journalism, publishing, screenwriting, filmmaking,
editing, photography, event planning or management, graphic design and more.
Advantages of being self-employed are the flexible hours, the control over jobs
and clients, work whenever and where ever you want and you keep all the profits.
But being a freelancer means you’re taking the risk of not getting paid. Also being
your own boss and working from home means that it can be difficult to distinguish
between your work time and your personal life.
shift work- This is and employment practice design to make use of all 24 hours of the
clock every day. The practice divides the day into shifts. Periods of time during
which different workers take up their posts. This can include long-term night work
and work schedules in which employees change shifts, You might get less hours
when the shift changes or rotates.
Permanent- Permanent employees are paid directly by the employer, in addition to
their wages they sometimes receive benefits which include health care, paid
vacations, holidays, sick time or contributions to retirement. They’re sometimes
allowed to switch job positions within their companies. They’re given a variety of
benefits which includes health insurance.
Temporary- This refers to a situation where the employee is expected to leave the
employer within a certain period of time. They may work full time or part time,
depending on the individual case. Sometimes they can receive benefits such as
health insurance, but usually benefits are only given to permanent employees.

4. Voluntary- This is intended to promote good or improve human quality. In return
this activity produces a feeling of self worth and respect but there is no
financial gain. A lot of people volunteer to get better skills , to socialize and
for fun. It can also help to get better contacts for possible employment and it
can look good on your CV. A variety of volunteers are trained in the areas
they work.
Casual- This is known as a neologism which describes a certain type of
employment relationship between and employer and employee. There’s no
agreed contract on what type of working arrangement constitutes contingent
work, it is usually considered to be work within one of the following:
1. Temporary or without job security,
2. Part time,
3. Paid on a piece work basis.
Hourly paid – This is when an employee is paid an hourly wage for their services
on minimum wage. Hourly workers may often be found in service and
manufacturing occupations, but are common across a variety of fields.
Piecework- piece work is any type of employment in which a worker is paid a
fixed piece rate on what they do regardless of the time. This is a form of
performance- related pay.

5. RECRUITMENT WITHIN THE CREATIVE MEDIA
SECTOR (EXPLAIN WHAT IS PLUS THE
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES)
Job centres & careers advice- Job centres are used by the department for
work and pensions for its working-age support service within the UK.
They don’t cost any money and they can help you find a job or even
help if you want to start your own business but if you’re looking for a
higher grade job they usually aren’t advertised in a job centre. Careers
advice offer advice, guidance and counselling on careers. Some people
use the services for a number of purposes such as job hunting,
changing careers, getting promotion, building career skills, returning to
work after a career break or professional development.
Local & national press- National press are usually non-profit organisations
which is national it can contain news from around the world where as
local would be the journalists getting local news and etc…

6. personal contacts & word of mouth- Personal contracts is a classification
factor which indicates the nature, purpose, frequency and difficulties of
personal relationships for example in the news you could have personal
contacts who find you the news in magazines etc… Where as word of
mouth is gossip which is spread by spoken communication.
Networking – This is an activity from groups with like-minded business
people recognize, create or act upon business opportunities. There’s
several prominent business networking organizations which create
models of networking activity that allows the business person to build a
new business relationship and sometimes generate business
opportunities. It can be a more cost-effective method of making a new
business than advertising or public relations effort, because networking
is a low cost activity. It contains more personal commitment than
money,
Internet- The internet is a worldwide web and when promoting a business it
can be good because it will be worldwide even though certain countries
certain things can’t be shown. Also when someone is looking for a job a
lot of people look on the internet to see if anything is going and this can
be a good way to promote a job going in a business.