the one thing you MUST do to be considered
You wouldn’t believe the number of files we get titled “Resume 2015” and “Headshot”. And I get it, you’re at home looking at the one resume that exists on your hard drive – yours. However, imagine you put out a casting notice, or a crew call, or a job posting, and BOOM the next thing you know, your inbox is filled with 100, 200, 500 resumes. And half of those are titled “Resume 2015”. Half of THOSE are in Word format, or worse yet, Pages.
We’re still not sure what exactly Pages is.
We digress.
Yes, we have interns. And we realize we do indeed often saddle them with the most thankless of tasks. They are, after all, interns. But retitling hundreds of resumes and headshots – that is a bridge too far. Please, convert your resumes to PDF, and PLEASE, give them a title that includes your name. Do it for the interns.
And if you are of the belief that hazing interns prepares them for real life, here’s a reason nearly as good: do it so that we don’t lose or overlook it in a pile of resumes that aren’t quite as good as yours. (reconsider the hazing thing after you hit send, maybe?)
Thank you,
The interns, assistants, and line producer at arvold.