So You Want to Work in TV
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Getting Started in a Media Career – The Reality.
Getting started with a media career is no easy feat, as most of you already know. But do your homework, feel the passion, and WORK at it and you have every chance of success. As we have said here before, while you are trying to break in to TV you need to be developing your TV skills [...]
If you can make a sandwich you can make TV!
What do television employers look for in a new recruit? Well much the same as sandwich chain Pret a Manger look for in theirs! Pret has been in the news charged with employing foreigners at the expense of local home-grown British applicants. Let’s not get into that debate but let’s identify what makes a new [...]
What do TV Employers Look for in a TV CV? Part 1
The great ‘How To Write Your TV CV Debate’ continues! I know what I respond to when skimming through CVs for TV jobs but it seems there is conflicting advice out there, so we sent ace-reporter and crowd-sourcing supremo, Chris Dodd out to do some real research. The full results will get to you via [...]
How to Kick Start a Creative New Year
Buy a book to kick start a creative new Year! Don’t worry – this isn’t turning into a book review site (tempting though that idea is) but a book can change your life and we want this to be a life-changing year, don’t we? It was a book that made me launch this website. People [...]
Looking for TV work in Northern Ireland (or any other part of the UK)?
Sometimes it must feel like all the best TV jobs are in London and it is true to say that it is a thriving hub of media production but it just takes a bit of research to dig out media employers in other parts of the UK (and indeed the world!). We’ve had a couple of [...]
How to Improve your Job Application Skills
Jobs are hard to get these days – for everyone, not just those of you looking for jobs in TV. You need to ensure the way you apply is as good as it can be. If your new-year resolution is to improve your application skills then here’s some useful advice, courtesy of the experts at [...]
What will they ask at my interview for a TV job?
What sort of questions can you expect when you go for your first interview for a job in television? That was the question posed by Tayo via Twitter so I took it upon myself to answer! Now obviously every interviewer is different. It will depend on their background, what role you are applying for, what attributes [...]
How to write a CV to get that job in Television
The very first step in finding that job in television is getting your CV in shape and who better to offer advice on how to do that than experienced recruitment expert, Elsa Sharp. Elsa knows her subject so well she’s written the book on it – ‘How To Get a Job in Television’ which you [...]
How to find a television job in Scotland
A number of people based in Scotland have been asking for advice on who to approach and where to find work experience or running jobs in television. I confess I don’t personally know many television production companies in Scotland but we’ve done a bit of research and come up with the following useful tip: PACT [...]
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