Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Gaining Work Experience

For all those aspiring to be within the media or the performing arts one cruel factor that needs to be examined is the need to distinguish yourself from the rest of the crowd. This is a true factor for most jobs, but the difference here is that there is not always one person best suited to the job. To try to 'live life a little' or 'gain some life experience', are all handy, and a factor that is very beneficial is the work experience factor.



You might not really think much of your little community theatre work, or school productions or that little film that you shot with your mates while blind drunk on some European fad liqueur. But they do...a little. It is like you are trying to build your own hut, but instead of big logs all most of us can claim is a little stick of experience. But overtime, all of these experiences will start to form a shape of some skills to a potential employer. You could try using the same type of twigs, or you could have a variety of different twigs- all present different attributes to your potential employer.



I have worked on various projects- film, TV, advertising, theatre, literature and academic work, and with all of your help I plan to increase this experience and make my hut a little more strong, and someday somebody might marvel at my hut and offer to make it even better.

So go searching for your twigs, because even if you don't use them for your hut, they still keep the fire going...



Dale Stam


As you can see from the picture a hut without the small twigs looks a little concerning.

We appreciate and look forward to hearing feedback on how we can make this blog more appealing.

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