www.thefrisky.com: As anyone who’s had a frustrating conversation with their parents knows, the job market just ain’t what it used to be. Where our parents generation may have switched jobs four or five times in a lifetime, these days, it’s far more common for people to change jobs — and sometimes whole careers — at least twice in a decade. The Bureau of Labor reports that the average worker spends around 4.4 years in each position. And for millenials, that number’s even higher. Whew.
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As I read this article, this reminded me of Joe Pino's lecture about resume and job asking. He specifically signified the importance of flawless resume without any grammar mistakes or spelling mistakes. Reading this article, it seems that there are much more things that we have to consider when getting a job that I want to be. There were some interesting and unfamiliar tips that I found such as 'put some personality in resume,' and 'send your resume as a PDF.' Also, I think in theatrical area, network is the most important factor that I should keep in mind always. Still, I hope that I don't have to stress about getting a job within a year. Also, I wish I can follow those tips well so I can continue to be in an area that I am most interested to be.
I think this article is particularly true and pertinent to the theatre industry. As Elaine said above, we have discussed what this article is outlining in our freshman Metaskills class, and I'm sure these ideas will be reiterated throughout our college career. In reality, we began practicing these ideals our senior year of high school, when we were applying to college and going through the interview process. Now, if I were to go back and do that process all over again, there are a few things I would change. One of the biggest things I've taken out of this article (and class lectures on this topic) is to, above everything else, be friendly, honest, and someone who others would want to work with. I've also learned small, but useful and unique tips such as "always take the water." This refers to anything that is offered to you at an interview for a job. Hopefully these lessons will prove to be successful in the real world.
This article starts with off with talking about networking, and I think that's one of the biggest things one can do to get a job, in the theatre industry especially. The jobs I've gotten, I've never really just stumbled upon them, someone has said, "I know someone who needs some help." You can walk into somewhere where you have the perfect resume and clean fingernails and "take the water", but if you don't know someone at the theatre company, they'll choose the person who's friends with someone at the company over you. It kinda stinks, but at the same time, it's an advantage if you do happen to know the right people. If someone wants to enter into the theatre industry, it's in their best interest to be nice to everyone, and make friends wherever and whenever possible, you never know when you'll run into that person again.
This article and list of things to work on to gain potential in a job interview is a bunch of the things that we have been told in Basic PTM. I was having a conversation with several grads in the paint shop the other day and they were saying how every job they've ever gotten has been one that they have had someone pull strings for. I was and was not surprised by this. I really like that a lot of the points made in this article are ones that have been stated in our PTM classes. It shows that PTM is really teaching you some valuable life skills in this business. I like that there are also points that we have learned in PTM that are not on this list. For example, "always take what they offer to you" (i.e. water, coffee, etc.) This is something I never thought of, but it definitely opens up area for conversation that isn't part of the "interview" yet.
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