Jonathon Tillman
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2001
- Messages
- 72
How exactly do companies decide on which candidates they wish to call in for an interview and others they leave it at just a phone interview or not even a response at all?
For someone like myself thats in my early twenty's just starting out I find it very difficult to get a entry level job and build my career in a field based off my education and expertise.
From stories I have heard from friends that try to start a career only to fail and not get hired and then try something else and still not get hired what gives others the leg up at giving the best shot at getting a position in a company they would love to work for?
It's not only young people that find it difficult to start a career but its just as frustrating for an experienced person that is middle aged with plenty of education behind them.
Right now I am currently working for a movie theater as a projectionist making $6.85 an hour with no benefits. I am just help as you might call it rather than a true employee. I was lucky to just get that job at the last minute to start training before the theater opened.
This is my first job in Pennsylvania after moving from Long Island, NY. Before the movie theater I was called for training for a Verizon Service Tech position making 14.75 an hour. I could not make it through training as pole climbing was involved and I only made it through almost two weeks of it. I am kicking my self because that would have been an incredible career with benefits and to work for a company that would care about me.
I am 3 credits away from my Associates degree in Radio TV and film and I was kind of turned off with the television industry due to being exposed to what it really was like and my professor's ego.
Right now I am pounding the pavement as they say and sending my resume to companies that I am interested in working for with not much luck.
My parents were very disappointed (and so was I) that I could not get through Verizon's pole climbing training. Heights isn't for everyone and from what I heard it was a part of the job that was used very little if not at all depending on the person.
I don't know of which companies to go after that would welcome my skills. I am computer literate and very technical when it comes to equipment and wiring.
I have been trying to get an interview with Tweeter to no such luck. They want carpentry experience in addition to basic home theater knowledge. They have just changed there policy to commissioned installations. The only other option would be to check out other mom and pop home theater shops in the area.
I would be happy to get involved in a home installation position with running all types of wiring and connecting equipment together.
I was suggested to take a civil service test to see what I'd be qualified for.
I live close to the Allentown area and I am still new to what is around as far as opportunities.
Jon
For someone like myself thats in my early twenty's just starting out I find it very difficult to get a entry level job and build my career in a field based off my education and expertise.
From stories I have heard from friends that try to start a career only to fail and not get hired and then try something else and still not get hired what gives others the leg up at giving the best shot at getting a position in a company they would love to work for?
It's not only young people that find it difficult to start a career but its just as frustrating for an experienced person that is middle aged with plenty of education behind them.
Right now I am currently working for a movie theater as a projectionist making $6.85 an hour with no benefits. I am just help as you might call it rather than a true employee. I was lucky to just get that job at the last minute to start training before the theater opened.
This is my first job in Pennsylvania after moving from Long Island, NY. Before the movie theater I was called for training for a Verizon Service Tech position making 14.75 an hour. I could not make it through training as pole climbing was involved and I only made it through almost two weeks of it. I am kicking my self because that would have been an incredible career with benefits and to work for a company that would care about me.
I am 3 credits away from my Associates degree in Radio TV and film and I was kind of turned off with the television industry due to being exposed to what it really was like and my professor's ego.
Right now I am pounding the pavement as they say and sending my resume to companies that I am interested in working for with not much luck.
My parents were very disappointed (and so was I) that I could not get through Verizon's pole climbing training. Heights isn't for everyone and from what I heard it was a part of the job that was used very little if not at all depending on the person.
I don't know of which companies to go after that would welcome my skills. I am computer literate and very technical when it comes to equipment and wiring.
I have been trying to get an interview with Tweeter to no such luck. They want carpentry experience in addition to basic home theater knowledge. They have just changed there policy to commissioned installations. The only other option would be to check out other mom and pop home theater shops in the area.
I would be happy to get involved in a home installation position with running all types of wiring and connecting equipment together.
I was suggested to take a civil service test to see what I'd be qualified for.
I live close to the Allentown area and I am still new to what is around as far as opportunities.
Jon