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I'm using the network strategy as well as the carpet bombing strategy. While I have a secure employment now, I want to go somewhere else. I need new challenges.
My biggest gripe is that when an HR views a reel for an editor, most of the time they don't even know what they are looking at. So if I show a 'montage' reel, they see various things, but wonder how that fits into their place of business. I've tried to show all the diversity, but some houses are in such a tight niche that the HR personnel are guilty of not seeing outside the box.
My second biggest gripe is that when a company comes to me and offers me a position, they need to give me a real figure for an E1. Assuming that they can lowball me an offer and hope that I take it does not sit well with me. They want to play some bargaining game, but my bank account is not up for bargaining. I know what I'm making now, and I know what I should be making at a larger house. Don't treat me like some just out of college punk who will take the first thing offered.
Baraka: in regards to marketing, I think you'd be best suited to figuring out which type of marketing you want to nail down. Marketing is a broad term with many different flavors and sizes.. once you have an idea of a few flavors that you want to try, then it should be easier to find the correct contacts to begin a networking process.
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