I'm really struggling to find any work that pays which allows me flexibility to go to auditions. I was working with events staffing company but frankly I need to find something more frequent.
All the usual actor jobs I've never seemed to manage to be any good at them ie call centre work, teaching, selling coupons.
I know some people do temp work, but how does one get into it? I've applied in the past and I hear nothing.
I have never worked for them but I understand RSVP are good and flexible to work for. I used to work for Thornton and Baines, who were a laugh and flexible. Both of those companies are telephone based, not sure what RSVP is, but T&B is booking appointments.
You could also try promo work, which will be a lot of flyering etc. It pays quite well, look up stuck-for-staff there will be a list of all the agencies to contact.
I don't know about temping, if you do a forum search there was post about it last month.
Hiya, have you ever considered ushering/front of house at a theatre? Granted, it doesn't pay the best but it pays better than some hospitality...I'mm on 7.62 an hour at ATG but if you go with Delfont Mackintosh I think their staff are like 9 quid, as is the National...
ATG is very good at being flexible though, well, quite good, in that if you give enough notice you get time off but if you need time off last minute you just have to find someone from another venue or the 0 hour pool to cover you...or you could just join the 0 hour pool and work as little or as much as you like...
I'm not sure if theyre hiring at the moment but I just dropped my cv to all the theatres in London and waited.
Oh, thanks Richard I didn't know that. It sound worthwhile if you want to get a license, depending on the cost of course. But people pay £10 a walk, so if you walk four or five dogs a day your doing pretty well.
Of course I have no personal experience. I think it would be fun though.
(OK I just googled it and I think, from my thirty second research, that it might only be needed if your walking multiple dogs at one time).
hey
I can sympathise with this.
I've been self-employed since the Pharoahs issued parking tickets to Roman camel drivers, and it's a nuisance.
here's what I think
Really hard to work for others if you have to disappear for a day.
therefore...find a way to make a living that relies on you alone and your endeavours.
Market stalls.
Ebay sales
Antique dealing
gardening for amenable regulars
casual labour
agency temping
making and selling
Car dealing. You might laugh but it works.
General odd-jobbing...pays £25 an hour.
Get the drift?
I know an 18 year old making £2500 a month from youtube for his Minecraft views! Any good at anything you can create online?
Just be positive and get on with it.Your posts smack of negativity and if i am getting that so are yourpotential employers.Dont mean to sound harsh its just im an actor an employer and a dad from a generation where it wasa lot harder to get work than now so we just got off our arses and did it.You dont have to enjoy it its just to get your bills paid so you can do acting if that is what you love.Chin up,chest out crack on
Errrm and I 'don't mean to be rude' jack but your post snacks of not being aware of the current economic situation. It's difficult for anyone to get a job now - let alone actors who require flexibility. Thousands of CVs for a part time job at pret? - jack , our 'generation rent' cannot even afford to get on the property ladder until way into our 50.
Nathan - you are clearly a good hearted fella to have u taken such a sanctimonious, undeserved post so lightly. I've no doubt with such a nature you won't be out of job for too long. - (maybe part time in customer services dealing with daily mail reading baby boomer generation grumps complaining? ;)
Thank you Emma for your kind words, but I don't feel there is a need to hurl mud at anyone's comments as there is a valid point in everyone of them.
A negative mind frame doesn't get anyone anywhere, and I am normally a positive person who doesn't shy away from a challenge. But there does come a point where the frustration can get to you, and at that moment, I simply felt I needed to reach out and seek advice.
But like you said Emma, the times are difficult where even people with PHD's and Masters find it difficult to get work. The fact of the matter is that I choose a profession that's competitive and abrush with insecurity, but I love it and embrace it with mind, body and soul.
I'm not writing my life story, I'll just say I went to a school were anything artistic wasn't a part of the curriculum and I wasn't a grade A student, so I do feel I am limited in seeking other employment.
But I'm not letting that hold me back, and I know that I will find something while still chasing this mad business we call show :).
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