No Entertainment Industry Experience
Sally, one of my Patreon supporters, writes in about lacking entertainment industry experience: Thank you again for this week’s list! If you don’t mind and have a minute, would you please comment on my question for you? I want to be in the office and I have administrative experience, however, about 95% of the positions […]
Is It Too Late to Start?
John writes in with a few questions: Should I find out who the production coordinator is before I start sending out cover letters? I graduated film school but have no paying job experience or internships. I’m twenty-four, am I too old to start taking Craigslist listings and no-pay jobs to just get contacts? Where to […]
Commitment
Matthew asks: I was wondering how do you deal with a company asking for a 1-2 year commitment. Of course I’m going to say yes if they’re asking for commitment. Are they just trying to scare the non-committed away? What are the consequences of leaving for a better job? Is it right for me to […]
Follow Me
If you subscribe to TAPA’s RSS feed, you might be wondering why I haven’t uploaded the UTA Joblist lately. That’s because you’re not following me on Twitter or liking me on Facebook. You should do that. I have been updating the joblist as regularly as ever, but I just decided to stop wasting blog space with straight […]
Lucky Friday the 13th List
Maybe you can find a job as Kevin Bacon‘s Assistant.
December 2 Job List
Yes, another UTA Joblist. I was kidding, Carol.
Remember, Remember, the Ninth of November
What kind of job have you got? I know of no reason, Why the UTA Joblist…on Should ever be forgot.
I Don’t Know Where I’m Going… Is That Okay?
L. writes: I’ve been PA’ing on sets for a while now and it’s gotten to the point where I have PM’s or producers asking me what area I want to PA in. Does it look bad if I’m not sure and just tell them wherever they need me? Or should I have a clear idea […]
Why Are You Terrible at Everything?
In response to yesterday’s announcement of a new UTA Joblist, Deran asked: I don’t see anything in this post besides the title…am I doing something wrong? Yes. You are doing many things wrong, most of which are beyond the scope of this blog. The link to the UTA Joblist is at the top of the […]
October 7th Job List
Have at it, fools.
October 4th Job List
In honor of the 54th anniversary of the premier of Leave It to Beaver… here’s the UTA Joblist.
Draft Cover Letter
Eric asks: In your post “Bad Times“, you wrote “I actually have a rote PA application template, saved in the drafts folder of my Gmail; my resume is already attached. When I hear of a new job opening, all I have to do is fill in the name, and maybe details if I have specific […]