Should Recruiters be like Casting Directors?
Posted by Sean Rehder (Permalink) | 0 Comments | | Tuesday, March 20, 2007


A good discussion can usually be had when it comes to how involved in the business should a recruiting department be. I think everyone agrees that recruiting should to be involved at the strategic level and not just the tactical level. To what extent, is usually the discussion and how to get the business to buy into that is a whole other issue.

I have always found the entertainment industry and how it "works" very interesting because it is so "talent" and "project" based.

A just found this article on Casting Calls/Casting Directors in the entertainment industry. The article is written for talent, or the actors, but it does give an overview of what the casting call is like and the players involved. The similarity of "casting calls" to "reqs" is interesting.

Here are the topics covered, please see the article for a full description.
  1. What Casting Directors are Looking For
  2. Attitudes for Casting Directors
  3. Applying to a Casting Call
  4. Succeeding at a Casting Call
  5. Preparing For an Open Casting Call
  6. Using Connections to Find Casting Calls
  7. Empathizing With Casting Directors
  8. Casting Directors and Flexibility
Also posted on ERE for discussion.




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