Paul J Need Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 Post link :blink: We get 4-5 calls per day from freelancers after work :blink: 10+ CV's in the post daily :blink: 300+ views to the post above :blink: Not one person looking to discuss the post ( Apart from one lad who is coming on work experience) Is it me or does no one want a full time job anymore?
ChrisD Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 I would love to do that job however, I have a distinct lack of 24 month drivers license! :'(
chris999998 Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 I would love to do that job however, I have a distinct lack of 24 month drivers license! :'(<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here, here. Not to mention I don't live nearby and cannot legally quite full time education (without joining the army, I think). Chris
Paul J Need Posted July 15, 2005 Author Posted July 15, 2005 I think the orignal posting states " driving licence an advantage" )
Mr.Si Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 I would love to also, but I have an agreement with my current employer as he's paying for my MSc and so I need to spend at least 2 more years after that finishes, working for him so I've got 3 more years left!
24seven Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 Post link :blink: We get 4-5 calls per day from freelancers after work :blink: 10+ CV's in the post daily :blink: 300+ views to the post above :blink: Not one person looking to discuss the post ( Apart from one lad who is coming on work experience) Is it me or does no one want a full time job anymore? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I would do it but I would have to be Freelance im enjoying it to much Mark W-E 24sevenLighting & Backline Services W - www.Concertlights.netT - 0774 222 6715E - 24seven@orange.net
the kid Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 I have no idea where you have posted for work, but what about seeing if uni's can advertise?
Just Some Bloke Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 My place of work is a theatre in Kent just 1 hour from you, Paul, and we had a similar problem earlier this year. We advertised in The Stage for a technician and got a few aplications in. Most had insufficient or inappropriate experience, some gave appaling interviews where they just didn't seem at all keen, which left 3 candidates to chose from. One was local and would have been an excellent stage manager but had no real LX experience or knowledge. As the job would be 80% LX, 20% SM, she had to be ruled out. Another seemed the perfect candidate but came from the West Midlands and decided she couldn't afford to live in the South East on the moeny we were paying (fair enough if you haven't already got a place down here - it is very expensive to buy). The third was appointed and seems very good, but had to move down here from Yorkshire. Getting anyone good to work other than freelance in the South-East seems an uphill struggle. Good luck!
Paul J Need Posted July 16, 2005 Author Posted July 16, 2005 Getting anyone good to work other than freelance in the South-East seems an uphill struggle.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Begs the question.............. what art all the graduates doing? All applying for the multi-tude of lighting designer jobs? :blink:
gareth Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Begs the question.............. what art all the graduates doing? All applying for the multi-tude of lighting designer jobs? :blink:<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You might not be as far from the truth as you think. I'm reliably informed that one particular FE college (to remain nameless) advises students who are about to graduate from its lighting design course that they shouldn't apply for any 'assistant'-level jobs as it would be "beneath them". So from at least one college you've got a yearly crop of freshly-graduated students, many of whom haven't got much experience of a real working theatre environment outside of what they picked up at college, who have been instructed to consider themselves "too good" for anything less than a deputy chief's position ...... :blink: :blink:
paulears Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 at least, Gareth, after 6 months and a dose of humility, they realise starting at the bottom isn't such a bad idea!
Ben P Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 What ever happened to that good old ideal of working your way up from the tea making... I know thats how I started and worked my way up and I have always felt its the best way. Every letter or phone call I get asking how do I start in the industry I tell go and make the tea then I will tell them, surprising the amount of 15 year olds who tell you to get lost - those that will make the tea I find always come out better in the end... Ben
SparkySteve Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 please lets not turn this into yet another anti-student thread guys... quite frankly its boring and at times far from the truth / inaccurate.
sam.henderson Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 please lets not turn this into yet another anti-student thread guys... quite frankly its boring and at times far from the truth / inaccurate.Here, Here! I don't think its fair on the hard working students who do their degree and then work hard in the industry. There is an increasing anti-student feeling on the Blue Room at the moment. Just because you have had one bad experience don't tar them all with the same brush! Sam
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