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Good job sites are:
(JobSite) OR (Monster) OR (ClickAJob) OR (TipTopJob) OR (Reed) OR (CardiffJobs) OR (MyCardiffJobs) OR (MyCardiffJobs) OR (TotalJobs) OR (Mdarg) OR (Adlib))
Sorry about the format taken from my G-Mail filter - Good luck!
I think all the advice that Barry has offered you is pretty sound. I don't work as a Web Designer myself so I'm afraid I can't offer you any specific advice. I found my way into the web industry by taking on a more administrative role that had training and development opportunities and then have just learned as much as possible and attended alot of training - both internal hands on training and external courses in my own time.
I also offered my development skills/web advice out to a couple of friends which has given me the opportunity to test out what I've learnt and challenge myself and also build a base of work which demonstrates what I can do.
Good luck,
Jenni
If your looking for clients or getting a foothold in the market, id recommend first setting up a portfolio of your recent work with a contact form. (dont include everything you've ever done just the best work - It's not quantity its creative quality) Then simply start networking through sites like this one, twitter, behance, design:realated, designfloat and digg are great places too start.
You'll gain a better understanding of the industry and hopefully find your niche and some clients. Offer your own advice to people interested in animation and I always find offering small amounts of non-paid work (under 1hour) leads to commissioned work 30 - 40% of the time (with the right kinda of client) Always try to choose exciting and unique projects that express your talents, interests and vary your portfolio + if your starting out the other material can always be used to simply build your portfolio.
The only other tips i can recommend is just to keep going, its tuff at the moment so finding clients is difficult, but make sure your offering a full range of skills and services they never even knew they needed. With good quality work to specification and most importantly on-time. Attend seminars in your local area hand out business cards and make sure everyone you know know what you do and hopefully you'll be a great designer.
Other links you may find intresting/helpful
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
http://abduzeedo.com/
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/
http://www.youthedesigner.com/
http://justcreativedesign.com/
http://izzataziz.com/
http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/
http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/
^ someone i regularly help through Twitter, grace is just starting out but always has great ideas for content and little social projects.
{These are both daily pages starting with day 1 i think theres a few 100 now so put a few days aside!lol!}
http://abduzeedo.com/daily-inspiration-1
^-cant find a index page so just change the number
http://www.andysowards.com/blog/category/nerdy-daily-web-development-design-links
^- incredibly addictive!
If you need any more help you can email me - B.Madden [@] illDesigned.com