After Film School - How To Get Hired Entry Level In Hollywood
Webinar hosted by: Dorian Connelley
Coordinator at Apex Entertainment
About Your Instructor, Dorian Connelley: Dorian Connelley is currently a producer at Apex Entertainment. Apex Entertainment is Mark Ciardi’s newly minted film & television production company which aims to tell inspirational stories about characters overcoming adversity. Ciardi’s credits include iconic sports dramas such as The Rookie, Miracle, Secretariat, Million Dollar Arm, McFarland, USA, and the upcoming YA fantasy adaptation Fallen. With this new venture, Apex will be branching out to produce not only features, but documentaries, scripted & unscripted television and digital content – not limited to projects with a sports slant. Full Bio »
Webinar Summary
Learn directly from Dorian Connelley, a producer at Apex Entertainment, Mark Ciardi’s newly minted film & television production company!
This Stage 32 Next Level Webinar is specially designed to help students, recent film school graduates or current interns looking for paid entry-level work on the “desk jockey” side of the industry, as opposed to on-set production crew. Believe it or not, they are completely different beasts!
As a recent or future film school graduate or someone soon to be looking for an entry-level job in Hollywood, how can you improve your chances when most of these jobs receive hundreds of resumes? How can you not only avoid having your resume tossed into the trash, but stand out as one of the top candidates for the position? What can you do now that will make you a more capable and prepared applicant when the time comes to start looking for paid work?
In this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, host Dorian Connelley will teach you how to not only get yourself noticed as an applicant, but how to get your resume to the top of the pile. You will learn the fundamentals and skills you should be honing now in order to make yourself a more attractive candidate, how to design and compose your resume and cover letter, do’s and don’ts of interviewing, and where to look for work, among other topics.
Dorian has landed interviews, job offers or employment with a wide range of entertainment businesses including DreamWorks Animation, FOX, NBCUniversal, Drunk History (Comedy Central), Anonymous Content, The Night Shift (NBC) and Apex Entertainment, where she is happy employed, and she is excited to teach you how to launch your career in Hollywood!
We specifically chose Dorian to teach this webinar because she ran the successful intern resume & interviewing workshop at ROAR, a talent management film in Beverly Hills, and helped every single intern who attended the workshop to get paid work within six weeks, in a climate where it is not uncommon to be looking for six months or more.
How fast will you be able to find your first paid gig?
What You'll Learn
- Fundamentals
- Things you can be doing now that will make you a more attractive candidate when it’s time to start applying for paid work.
- Resumes
- Design
- Buzzwords
- Do’s & don’ts
- What the person receiving your resume will be looking for
- Cover Letters
- When to send them
- What to say
- Interviewing
- Common mistakes and how to avoid them
- Do’s & don’ts
- References & Recommendations
- Etiquette
- When & how to submit your references
- Following Up
- When and how to follow up after your interview
- Where to Look for Work
- How to recognize job postings you are qualified to apply for.
- Skills and tasks you will be expected to be able to perform no matter what desk you are trying to land.
- Recommended further reading.
- Recorded, in-depth Q&A with Dorian
About Your Instructor
Dorian Connelley
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Testimonials
Testimonials About Dorian Connelley:
"Dorian is funny, engaging, and straightforward. Her Intern Resume & Interviewing Workshop proved so valuable that I still refer to it every time I need to spruce up my resume or brush up on my interviewing skills. It covers everything from buzzwords to tips that most people would overlook to extra resources for formatting resumes. Soon after completing the workshop and an internship under her supervision at ROAR, I landed a paid internship at Columbia Pictures. Now I am an administrative assistant in the creative development department of Sony Pictures Animation" - Stephanie W.
"I found the material she gave us to be extremely helpful. From re-formatting a resume, where to look for jobs, how to network and all the right things to say in an interview in entertainment, the workshop covered it all. I immediately implemented what I had learned, and 2 months after I completed my internship I received a job out of college, got promoted and now I work under the CEO of a global film distribution company. To this day I pass on the advice I received from the workshop to the current interns at my company now!" - Gabbie B.
"Thank you for class it has helped me tremendously." - Beverly C.
"Your candid style is very much appreciated...got lots of helpful info abut the entire process. Thanks!" - Laurie N.
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