Career Exploration and Career Stuff: Book on the Acting profession (available on Amazon) and other stuff
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Today, look at career stuff
(the following applies to the United States; may be different elsewhere)
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope is that you will find the information helpful in your career journey. As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that helpful to you.
For those interested in acting profession; there is an e-book on Amazon I did called “Career Exploration and Career Stuff: Acting Profession” (available on Amazon). The book gives basic information about the acting profession. The book gives some different tools to learn about the acting profession.
Here some additional information that might be useful for people since the publishing of the book. Hope this additional information may be useful
YouTube
YouTube a site on the Internet that allows people to post videos.
Videos can be on a variety of topics.
Videos can have career information.
You can go to YouTube by typing www.youtube.com
YouTube video from Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander discusses advice for aspiring actors –
EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG FoundationINTERVIEWS (Jul 9, 2014)
Acting profession can be a very competitive profession
Besides looking for other opportunities, you may be able to go into business yourself to create your own opportunities.
You may be able to (for example) use the technology of today to create videos that show your acting ability
And then you can post your video on the Internet
You may be able to sell your videos and gain exposure of your career as an actor
You can create your own opportunities while searching for other opportunities
You can be the star of your small mountain of your videos while searching for opportunities to be a star of the larger mountain of a major employer in creative acting organization
Career Assessments
Career Assessments may help you with career exploration. Career Assessments can give you information of other possible career options. Be aware a career assessment cannot tell you what to do; a career assessment not able to provide you with THE answer. Do not approach a career assessment as a “test” that will tell you want career you should go into. Career Assessments are more of a tool to give you more additional information about possible careers you may be interested in.
Career Experts
Career Experts may be able to help you with career exploration. Career experts are experts you can pay for to help you with your career exploration. Career experts may be career coaches, career counselors or other professionals. Be careful of arrangements where you may pay for services ahead of time before seeing the career expert; you may not be able to get your money back if you decide to no longer see the career expert. You may find paying only during the times you actually see the career expert to be more useful to you.