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Category: Career Advice

Networking – What emails to send and when

May 2, 2022 RobynC

Having a new resume written is a great reason to reach out to people you know in your professional network.…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: film business, job search, networking, Résumés

How to find work as an absolute beginner

February 1, 2022 RobynC

I get asked often by people brand new to the industry about how to get started. These folks can be…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: advice, career advice, film business, film production, job search, networking, Résumés, theater

IMDb Best Practices

January 2, 2022 RobynC

The first place a potential employer will likely visit to check your credits – especially for freelance below-the-line gigs –…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: best practices, career advice, film business, job search, resources

More Filmmaker Job Resources

October 7, 2021 RobynC

Time to update some of the resources available to people looking for work. The Headings are the links. Old ones:…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: Film jobs, film production, job hunting, networking, resources

Build Your Professional Website

April 1, 2021 RobynC

For the last several years I have published my own websites using WordPress.org and the domain names I purchased from…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: job hunting, job search, reel, resumes, website design

How to Get the Most Out of your Networking

February 16, 2021 RobynC

The subtitle of this post should be … during a global pandemic. But in the cause of making this content…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: film business, job seeking, networking

Job Hunting in a New Era

January 6, 2021 RobynC

Networking is still the key to job hunting in Entertainment – and we should all network virtually, until we can meet in person again.

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: job hunting, networking, NYFA, women in media, Zoom

Foundation Principles when I write a Resume

October 22, 2020 RobynC

There are some basic principles that I use both when I am analyzing a resume for feedback, and for when…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: follow up, job hunting, online portfolio, portfolios, resumes, websites

What about those fancy resume templates that look like brochures?

October 3, 2020 RobynC

If you read here at all, you know that I promote simple, clear and easy to read resumes, that email…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: film business, job hunting, job search, marketing, resumes

Job Hunting in tough times

May 5, 2020 RobynC

Here’s a great video presentation with my friends at Backstage Productions – and this is a YouTube Channel worth following…

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Posted in: Career Advice Filed under: employment, resumes

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