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Aug. 3rd, 2005 08:32 amI feel rather as though, when jobsearching, I'm stuck in London Above.
Which is to say, I go to all these websites for companies whose main output is entertainment -- movies, theme parks, theatrical performances, television shows -- and I come across want ads for, mostly, desk-type positions. Administrative assistants, accountants, research analysts, technicians and managers of all shapes and sizes. Granted, I realise that art is five percent creativity and ninety-five percent support staff, but it strikes me as strange that, for example, MGM will post adverts for a Senior VP of this or that on their jobsearch website, but they don't have ads for dramaturgs, design assistants, set dressers, et cetera.
I should think that it would be the reverse -- that people who Control Things, like Senior VPs, would be found via the traditional Old Boys Network, while creative underlings would be wanted-on-websites. Perhaps the saturation of the Creatives is so thick in places like LA and New York that they don't even need to advertise, people just turn up, but I'd like to hope that isn't the case.
I feel as though, for every listing I look at, there must be a second listing somewhere on the same website with the jobs I actually want.
In other news, the fact that NBC wants a BS degree for an Ad Manager position is priceless. It's almost as good as the Peabody Essex Museum listing "transformational management and communication skills" under what they'd like in a librarian. Transformational management skills. Isn't that like....Optimus Prime? :D
Which is to say, I go to all these websites for companies whose main output is entertainment -- movies, theme parks, theatrical performances, television shows -- and I come across want ads for, mostly, desk-type positions. Administrative assistants, accountants, research analysts, technicians and managers of all shapes and sizes. Granted, I realise that art is five percent creativity and ninety-five percent support staff, but it strikes me as strange that, for example, MGM will post adverts for a Senior VP of this or that on their jobsearch website, but they don't have ads for dramaturgs, design assistants, set dressers, et cetera.
I should think that it would be the reverse -- that people who Control Things, like Senior VPs, would be found via the traditional Old Boys Network, while creative underlings would be wanted-on-websites. Perhaps the saturation of the Creatives is so thick in places like LA and New York that they don't even need to advertise, people just turn up, but I'd like to hope that isn't the case.
I feel as though, for every listing I look at, there must be a second listing somewhere on the same website with the jobs I actually want.
In other news, the fact that NBC wants a BS degree for an Ad Manager position is priceless. It's almost as good as the Peabody Essex Museum listing "transformational management and communication skills" under what they'd like in a librarian. Transformational management skills. Isn't that like....Optimus Prime? :D
