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Question: Can someone help with my resume!?
If I don't have enough room can I just put select next to acting experience and only put a select few down!? also, do you put your natural hair color or the color you have now!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Business resumes and acting resumes are two different monsters!. From the previous response, I gather radio resumes are still different!. Radio doesn't interview a hundred actors for a job therefore they have time to read goals and aspirations!.

Head shots are meant to pause a casting director for a quick flip to the resume!. They then flip over to the resume that is stapled or printed on the back!.

ACTING RESUMES should have

Your name
Union Status

Number or agents number, height and weight


depending on where you are LA or NYC,

NYC Your theater credits go first
LA your film and TV credits go first


FILM PART DIRECTOR



TV PART DIRECTOR



THEATER PART DIRECTOR



EXPERIENCE



SPECIAL SKILLS

with that said only put the most recognizable credits on your resume,

that's a NO to natural hair color


Cover letters are meant to be read and only then write about 2 paragraphs, then again most agents and CDs don't have time to read a letter!.!.!.!.!.

You dont have to have a photo on your resume, it just wasted money in printing!. The only reason to print a picture on your resume would be, if you stapled it wrong to your head shot and it got disconected!. Therefore printing is on the back seems more reasonable!.

Radio is so much different then acting, it's night and dayWww@QuestionHome@Com

When you're designing a resume for acting/performing arts there's a few things you should bear in mind:

- Always have a photo or two on your resume
- Skills & Attributes (IE: what makes you stand out over everyone else)
- Goals & Aspirations (you should always have them on your resume, when and if you gain work, build rapport, leave a good impression, and when the agency/studio are are working on other projects, they may just think of you!)

Regarding hair colour, put your current hair colour and in brackets your natural hair colour (IE: Hair: Purple (naturally brown)!. If you have alot of acting experience, it would pay to show your most recent few years, and a seperate section for highlighs (major performances, working with recognised names) etc!. If you're still struggling with your resume, email it to me and I'll have a look at it for you!.

mikevaughn3@yahoo!.com!.au

PS - I'm a former radio dj, talent agent, promoter and publicist!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I used this resume writing service in my area, this is the email address, (resume!.help50@yahoo!.com) you should try them, it only cost me $35!.00 and I got a great job from this new resume, I never thought about the format that they use but the turn around time was less then 24 hrs!. I would have to say it was the best service I have ever used and it was worth every dime!. also they let me pay through paypal!.
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