Where in NY are you? I have a posting up right now and never saw your resume'....
Canton-Potsdam Area.
I'm getting ready to apply for position in Saranac Lake right now.
At the Pendragon? Good luck, that job seems like it is a massive bear. Would love to live up there, it is Whiteface adjacent after all. Be sure to send a resume to Creative Stage Lighting in North Creek and Adirondack Scenic in Argyle. Your biggest issue your going to have is there is very little going on in your area of the Adirondacks. In order to find real work, your going to have to move at some point.
....... After what I did in college, most any job seems small.The thing that's confusing me is why they want both a Resume and a CV.
Yeah, the TD position at the Pendragon. After what I did in college, most any job seems small.
The thing that's confusing me is why they want both a Resume and a CV.
Dustin, I hate to break it to you, but after you've worked a couple of jobs in the real world, you'll realize that everything you did in college combined, was the "small" job. When your resume is the same length as now but Niagara U. is only one line instead of everything you've ever done, then you can talk about "small" jobs. Don't let the "small" job attitude show at job interviews, it will put you in the reject line before you know it.
As to the CV plus the resume. They are two totally different documents and the longer you are in the work place the greater the difference. A resume tells WHAT you've done, a CV tells WHO you are. If a company is looking for someone who will be there for several years, not just a summer or a season, then the CV is more relevant.
While we're talking about resumes, a little bit of well meant advice. Your resume lists the positions you've held and the name of the shows, but what are your skills? As a prospective employer, I really don't care which shows you've worked on, I care about what your skills are and what you can do. Can you draft? What method, ACAD, Vector Works....Old fashioned pencil and paper? Do you have metal working skills, experience in rigging, motion control, what level of carpenter are you, Cabinet maker or framing level? Can you paint? If so general techniques like scumble and wet blend or do you have scenic skills? As an electrician, can you program movers or build shop orders? Can you trouble shoot electrical circuits, electronic circuits? Can you do a 600 amp tie in?
Don't list every individual show you've been head carpenter or board op on, just list that you were head Carp on X number of shows. From your resume I can't tell if your head carpenter work meant sitting at a desk and making work schedules or if you were in the shop swinging a hammer. What did you DO? List special projects and what you did to create the work. Did you write the logic control program for the turntable? Did you design or build the gearing or the friction drive to turn it? If you worked on a production of "Company", as a prospective employer, I'm more interested in whether you designed or engineered or built the elevators for the show, head carp or board op as just titles..... couldn't care less. BTW, with your experience level you should be looking for entry level jobs, not TD except at very small theatres. Last but not least, Pay attention to small details in your resume, CV and cover letter. For example, on you resume, make your columns line up so all the entries in a column fall directly above or below the next. It looks like you don't have an eye or concern for detail. Also pay attention to spelling. In your OP you mis spelled "Theatre" of all words and used their instead of there. We just hired two full time Sound Techs and in the initial weeding out period, things like that often made the difference between candidates moving into the interview or reject piles.
I don't mean this as a put down, just a reality check and hopefully some good advice. Good Luck!
Since we're speaking in terms of construction carpentry, how should I describe a framing through finish level? I'm definitely not a cabinet-maker but can do all carpentry needed in an home renovation(framing through finish.)
I'm working on remedying the problem with the resume. My paper resume doesn't have this problem. The text box in the web site generator I'm using doesn't accept the TAB key so I have to line up the columns manually and the differences in letter width of the line up until that point make it impossible to get them lined up precisely. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to get them lined up.
I guarantee there's some need for qualified technicians within 150 miles of <wherever it is you are> Potsdam?... Artsearch doesn't have anything within 150 miles of me.
I guarantee there's some need for qualified technicians within 150 miles of <wherever it is you are> Potsdam?
Is relocating not an option? You have to go where the work is; it won't come to you. (Again, working on correcting that; see above.)
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Has anyone gotten a job via contacts at ControlBooth? I suspect so, but can't cite any examples at the moment.
Has anyone gotten a job via contacts at ControlBooth? I suspect so, but can't cite any examples at the moment.
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