Strategy to Employment (LINK)
March 25th 2008 16:27
What strategies don't necessarily work? Unsolicited resumes (also known as junk mail to some producers and directors) have their place, but most newcomers can't afford to send out enough resumes to obtain the ideal opportunity for a quality interview. In fact if a job seeker is lucky, the resume will be placed on file in the dark, deep cabinet of the personnel department.
Jobs advertised in the classifieds are generally filled by the time the ad appears in the papers.
Many personnel departments as a matter of course advertise jobs to satisfy their equal opportunity requirements. This makes it possible for them to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the job was open and published before anyone was hired by simply showing the resumes received before the date of hire.
The myth that "If I sleep with the producer, director or maybe the casting director, I get the job" is just that -- a myth.
How could directors or casting directors ride their careers based on a one-night stand? Too much depends on the quality of work expected from their cast and crew to permit a roll in the hay to jeopardize their professional futures. Of course, there are exceptions to this, and some ambitious people do use the "casting couch" to get ahead. But these people are few and far between, and do not reflect the reality of getting a job in the film industry.
Jobs advertised in the classifieds are generally filled by the time the ad appears in the papers.
Many personnel departments as a matter of course advertise jobs to satisfy their equal opportunity requirements. This makes it possible for them to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the job was open and published before anyone was hired by simply showing the resumes received before the date of hire.
The myth that "If I sleep with the producer, director or maybe the casting director, I get the job" is just that -- a myth.
How could directors or casting directors ride their careers based on a one-night stand? Too much depends on the quality of work expected from their cast and crew to permit a roll in the hay to jeopardize their professional futures. Of course, there are exceptions to this, and some ambitious people do use the "casting couch" to get ahead. But these people are few and far between, and do not reflect the reality of getting a job in the film industry.
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