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Tips on filling in the Profile form
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'Email':this is vital, as it is a means for both us and Company members to
contact you. Should you change your e-mail address change please change it
in your online profile.
'password': choose your own - it can be anything (as long as it contains 5 or more characters)! You can change
it whenever you want by deleting your current choice and typing in
something new then clicking 'update' at the bottom of the form.
'Age': You can, if you prefer, leave this blank.
Address: This is confidential and does not appear on your profile. It is simply
for our records.
Phone numbers: In most cases Company members will contact you by phone. You can choose
whether your contact numbers are visible or hidden. If you choose to keep
them hidden the following message appears on your profile, 'For contact numbers
call us on 020 7935 5378...' and we will pass on your numbers.
'Primary and Secondary Job Types': these are your two main job types, the
two areas in which you would be most likely to work. (You can, if you prefer,
list a primary job type and leave the secondary job type blank.) These are
displayed alongside your name when company members run the searches. This provides company members with a quick and easy
method of distinguishing ain individual's main area of work. (N.B. In addition to selecting these you MUST tick the job types, as it is from these that the searches are run, not the Primary and Secondary job types). For further information see 'Job Types' below.
'About Me': this section is for you to promote yourself to companies. You
might wish to emphasise certain career experience, or lay down your intended
career path. Really, it's a means for an company to tell what you've done
and what you're hoping to do, and for you to communicate your objectives.
'Credits/Employment History': There is a limit of 4,000 characters (approx.
1.5 sides of A4) in this field. (You can upload a Word version of your profile
which can be of any length and would include your personalised formatting -
see 'Help' page when you're logged in.) As with the 'About Me' section, you
have free rein over what you write. Here are a couple of suggestions... but
they are by no means absolute, as different people have different
approaches... If you're very experienced and have many credits you might not
wish to go into too much detail about each particular production. If you're
more junior you might wish to write a few sentences on each production -
what it was, what your role involved. If you have no TV & Film credits, put
in your other work experience, and in your 'About Me' section explain how
the skills you have acquired can translate from one industry to the TV &
Film industry. A snippet taken from the top of your credits section is displayed next to your name in the profile search results - click on 'Search' on the menu bar to see how companies search and how we list profiles.
'Specialisms': regard these as areas of good working knowledge rather than areas of absolute expertise. You may have a specialism though it's not a topic on which you have worked in your TV & Film career
(e.g. you might be
a keen, green-fingered gardener, yet not have experience of gardening
programmes - in which case it's fine to list 'gardening', or you might have
an engineering degree, so could list 'Engineering'.)
'Other specialisms': You can type in any other specialisms. Companies
can run text searches that pick out these words (e.g. palaeontology,
dentistry... or on my test profile I have 'doggies'!).
'Programme Types': these are the types of programme on which you have worked
rather than the types of programme on which you would like to work.
'Job Types': You can tick more than one job type, but we ask that you fill
in your main two job types (see 'Primary and Secondary job types above). It
is from these that searches are run. Several job types may be applicable
(e.g. Producer, Director, Producer/Director, Writer). Select the job types most suitable to you. You can choose a
maximum of four. For junior members, who are new to the screen industries, we recommend that you tick the main job areas of production in
you are interested in working.
'Languages': 'C' is for Conversational, 'F' for Fluent.
'Work Areas':
Please tick the area(s) you are located in.
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