Get Your Career in Gear Reading List 2014
Continuing with the National Preparedness Month and Back To School themes (plus a recent Facebook meme), today I offer how to Get Your Career in Gear Reading List 2014. 50 Self Help Classics – Tom Butler-Bowdon I admit I wish I’d thought of this. But I didn’t. Tom Butler-Bowdon did and now he’s built a […]
Are You Career Ready??
September is National Preparedness Month. This is a real thing and I’m really into it, having grown up with earthquakes in California. It’s also back-to-school time in New York so I’ve been busy preparing my kids with the annual trip to Staples to buy school supplies. Which brings me to: Are You Career-Ready? Whether you’re […]
8 Things YOU Can Do Today To Boost Your Career
First off, warm hello to my Twitter followers! Many of you have asked for career advice, so while I’ve been laying on the beach this week (yay, me!) I came up with this: 1. Subscribe to Backstage. Useful info every week. Someone recently DM’d me about the lack of opportunity in Texas (where she lives) […]
DON’T blow your audition (Skype edition)
Yesterday there were many digital chuckles when I posted, “Casting tip: Don’t schedule your @Skype audition while you are in a moving vehicle. Technology is amazing…but not that amazing.” Many of you guys put that in the “duh” column. But it really, truly happened to me yesterday so for those of you who didn’t put […]
How NOT to blow your audition
HOW NOT TO BLOW YOUR AUDITION Last week I initiated a spirited conversation on my FB Community Page when I said, “Can I see a show of hands of Casting Directors who enjoy being called “ma’am”” Oh…I don’t see any…” I was not saying people should jettison their manners oract disrespectful (zut alors!), it was […]
One More Thing You Need To Be Good At
This article via LinkedIn by technology forecaster Daniel Burrus caught my eye this week. Mr Burrus posits that “to thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency—how to accurately anticipate the future.” Wow. As if I don’t have enough on my plate already. […]
How To De-Escalate (So Your Head Won’t Explode)
It’s my blog and I’ll vent if I want to. My teenage daughter is studying overseas this summer on a wonderful program in a beautiful country with a cash economy which means you can’t wave your phone to buy a cup of coffee. A few weeks into the program we ran into a hiccup with […]
How To Succeed In Show Business: Do Your Homework Part 2
This is the topic that keeps on giving. For the Daytime Emmy’s on June 22nd, NATAS decided to hire social media stars to host their Red Carpet coverage. According to Soap Opera Network and TVLine.com they put out a casting call for Millenials 18-35 with strong knowledge of entertainment and/or strong social media followings of […]
How To Succeed In Show Business: DO YOUR HOMEWORK
How To Succeed in Show Biz: DO YOUR HOMEWORK Funny to be harping on homework as school is finally out for summer…BUT if you want to succeed – even a tiny bit – in the crazy competitive media world you have to your homework. This came up when one of my favorite young hosts emailed […]
There’s No Napping in Successland
There is no point at which you can say, Well, I’m successful now. I might as well take a nap. – Carrie Fisher It’s been a hellzaoppin couple of weeks. Exciting developments on the work front, family milestones and just the general craziness of life – which is why I have broken one of the […]