Keep Your Eye on Your Long Term Goal
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Marty Lang contacted me on Twitter, presumably in refernce to the joblist, or my own jobs page: @TheAnonymousPA there really is no way to get
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When to Lie in an Interview
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I interviewed recently to be the assistant to an EP on a network TV show. My interview philosophy has changed over the last few years.
Foreign Experience
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Max writes: I work as an office PA in Malta, which has a small but steadily growing film industry largely based on foreign films shooting
Who You Gonna Call?
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Scott writes: I really enjoy your blog, it’s entertaining and informative. I do have one question to which I could not find the answer after
Unemployment
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David wrote in about a subject everyone in the industry can relate to. He was making small talk with a clerk at an oil change
Postings for Writers’ Assistants
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Kathleen writes: I am about to graduate in this lovely economic recession with hopes of landing a job in an already competitive industry. I have
Who Hires Someone With No Experience?
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Megan, who wrote in last week, has an interesting follow-up: You were right, I don’t have much experience. So far just one 3-day shoot for
Replaceable
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I heard the following story second hand, but I believe it, because the director in question is a real bitch. (For my feminist readers, please
Networking
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After working in low budget film for a number of years, I started running into people I’d worked with before. At a certain point, I
The Case of the Missing Post
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Sorry I didn’t post anything yesterday. I was working on set. I was at the stage for sixteen hours, but when I got home, I
What’s in a Name?
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For tax reasons that I don’t really understand, studios generally create limited liability corporations for each individual film and TV show they make. Often, these
How to Impress
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A friend of mine discovered I write this blog, and is now playing a rousing game of “Guess the Roman à Clef.” She hasn’t gotten
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