RTS Futures Career Fair
Do you want to get your foot in the door and work in the TV industry? Then go to this event…
The RTS Careers Fair, coming soon…
Early Bird tickets on sale now, a good event if you’re starting out in the industry.
I WANT A RUNNER JOB But I can’t drive!
It’s a familiar problem but have you thought of this?
INTERESTED in a career in Broadcast engineering?
A very useful resource from ScreenSkills, to show you what jobs there are and how you get them.
Interested in working in Scripted Production?
A recommendation of a good book to read if you are interested in a career in scripted production.
Applying for lots of runner jobs but find you’re getting nowhere?
It’s a competitive industry, it happens. But sometimes job applicants make it tougher for themselves than they should. Here are 5 ways to improve your application, all really obvious but often ignored.
Nikky Akinwande (aka Nicole Rodger). Production World.
Caution is advised for anyone thinking of signing up to any ProductionWorld events arranged by Nikky Akinwande. Is this a marketing exercise to promote her company and its wares than a legitimate way of recruiting for a job?
I think I want to work in telly…
…but I don’t know where to start. Jude Winstanley has compiled the definitive set of resources to get you going.
Peter Wilson NMUK.
It seems that the spell at Her/His Majesty’s Pleasure has done little to persuade Vladimir Peter Wilson to join the ranks of honest upstanding citizens. A look at his latest activities.
Thinking about a career in the screen industries?
Have you been thinking about a career in the screen industries but don’t know where to start?
Luke Elkins.
Luke Elkins runs a Facebook page called UKTV Runners, copying and pasting jobs from other sites. Employers are not happy. Elkins is by all accounts also a sometime freelancer in the business. Hopefully employers will remember the name and behaviour when he comes around looking for work.
Production Hive – leeching off unwary freelancers.
Sites that charge freelancers are doing little more than sucking money out of the pockets of industry workers while providing precisely zero value along the way, given that almost all the jobs they advertise are also available on free-to-use social media sites.
Cover Email Tips
When emailing your CV as per the instructions on an advert, please ensure you do a cover email with it. With an average of 40+ applications for most jobs we publish, you need to give yourself the best chance of being considered for the post the employer has advertised. This starts with your cover email.
CV Writing Tips
If you are finding it difficult to write your CV for the TV/Film production industry – here are some starting tips of what to include. It is written by TV professionals and employers and widely accepted as the best way to present yourself and be successful.
But I have no experience!
Here’s what an employer in the industry has to say about what she looks for in a CV when she is hiring runners…
How to get a TV Production Running job with no previous experience.
Starting out in TV can be incredibly daunting. Finding a job within the TV world can feel completely unattainable when viewing the industry as a television fanatic. A simple guide by Beth Bacon, guest writer for The Watercooler.