Admittedly, I took the week between Christmas and New Year's off from the job hunt. Both of my roommates had the week off and it seemed as though everyone I know in LA had the week off. As it was, very little jobs were posted on the boards and and everything just slowed to a crawl. That and I spent the 4 days after Christmas in Mammoth, skiing and savoring a little R&R.
That being said, I'm back to the grind of finding employment. A resource I've found that could be tremendously helpful, The Hollywood Reporter (www.thehollywoodreporter.com). And on-line subscription costs about $20 bucks a month (compared to the print version cost of $28 a month). It is essential a digest of all relevant filmmaking-related new and information. In addition, and probably the greatest asset for someone like me, it publishes a list of all the films currently in production (or pre-production) by the major studies. This includes filming start dates, who's attached to the project, where it's being filmed and most fortuitously, the phone number and address for the production office. Boom. Cold calling said numbers begins this.
In addition, I've been receiving daily e-mails from www.entertainmentcareers.net. Nothing significant has come from it to date, but I think it's worthwhile to continue by subscription for the time being. The site is essentially a giant job board for whatever entertainment-related company wants to post jobs. A subscription (which costs 10 bucks a month) gets you a daily e-mail of all the new job postings on the site (some of which are only initially available to members). You can designate which type of posting you want to receive (as in entry-level, film-related, by location, etc) and upload a resume and cover letter so that applying to a job is as easy as clicking a button. While there are a lot of small employers who post, some large studios, such as Lionsgate and Fox, do occasionally post jobs.
More to come.
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