While watching a tutorial by "Flippednormals" i came across "Rookie awards". You can submit your portfolio and take part. This can be a real dooropener into the industry. Find out by going to the website and/or listen to the tutorial on Flippednormals.
Website
https://www.therookies.co/Rookie-Awards-2019/
Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODoFbF050UY
You can watch the whole tutorial or go straight to 23.40 where they talk about it.
