8.5) Planning for the Future

National Press

National Press is a news paper that is published around the country. There is a segment of the News paper towards the back that contains variety of Jobs.
 

An example of news paper that that contains Job in the UK is the Guardian which has a section towards the back which shows different type of job from different industry. 

The Positive for the employees is that the job listed are trusted as there from a populated newspaper.
The pros for the employees is that everyone could see it on the new paper as there is equal opportunities to get the job. It is also a legitimate job as it been placed on a popular news paper as it is safer to apply for.

The Cos for the employees is that as it available to the whole public it is much hard to get the job as it has a lots of competition because lots of people would see it and send it CV as it is for free.
 

The opportunities for the employers is that the can reach out to a larger audience with different skills this also means as there is a guaranteed that there will be a candidate because news paper is available to anyone that wants to look up jobs.
 

The threats to the employers is that it cost a lot of money to place an ad in the news paper as this may be a waste of money because less people are purchasing newspapers because everything is available on the internet. 

Trade Press

Trade Press is a Type of magazines/Article that are targeted towards the public with a particle interest. Theses magazines are mostly available by a subscriptions.
 

An example of a trade press that you see in the film and TV industry is Media Week which has a sections that is specifically amid toward the job in the film and TV industry.
 

The positive for the employees is that the film and TV job are available in one place such as media week which would means that it would be easier for you to find a job of your liking because you could filter out to your specific job you want to apply for.
 

The drawback for the employees is that not everyone has knowledge of media week and other trade press as this could means it may be hard to find. What also could be bad is that that some of the trade press you have to pay a monthly subscription because the film and TV industry would want to look at minimal CV to save time.
 

The advantaged for the employers is that they could address there specific audience through media week it also means that it is easier to get the audience attention toward your job because all of the film and TV job are available in one place.
 

The drawback for the employers is that the employees need to access the press to see the job roles that are available . Its not all of the candidates may be up to your standards because the skills and experience may not match the requirements.

Internet

The internet method is usually a third party website of where the public could go to find jobs that are advertised on the websites.
 

An internet service that specializes in the Film and TV industry is Many.com which is a website that advertises jobs all around the world that are related to Film and TV.
 

The benefits for the employees is that it is quick and easy to get to the site. It is also free and you don't have to pay a subscription.  You also have an ability to filter out the jobs. Also you have equality to get the job as there is normally  a deadline. 
 

The drawback for the employees is that there is a lot of competition which means it is harder for you to get a job in the film.and TV industry. Also the job that are available online may not be legitimate as there may be false because anyone could post a job on mandy.com in order to get your details.
 

The opportunities for the employers is that it is free to place the ads on mandy.com which would is beneficial as a large audience is targeted it is more likely for people to apply for the jobs because it is placed on a free site that anyone could access.
 

The drawback for the employers is that they would receive a lot of bad and unwanted CV as this may be harder for getting to right candidate because they are a lot of people wanting to get the job and they may not be skilled enough.

Word Of Mouth

Word of mouth a spread of information from persons to person verbally which there cone refer to people that may be interested in the job.
 

Where you can see word of mouth in the film and TV industry is when a movie is finished and released, there may be talks about new movie which means new upcoming jobs that you could do yourself or refer to a friend.
 

The benefits for the employees is that you get to meet new people and could have a relationship which could lead to them offering you recommend jobs because they may see you as a potential candidate for the job.
 

The drawback for the employees is that the are required to the film and TV industry. Also that you may be black balling which means that you have a bad reputation which means less people will hire you for a job because it may be spread that you have had messed up a project for a film or TV program.
 

The opportunities for the employers is that it is cost effective as you will not have to speak money on advertising is as it speaks very quickly to people that you may think would be good for the job because of the word of mouth gain.
 

The negative for the employers is that the message may not get spread wide enough to your liking of the candidates you want because it may not be an interesting job to speak and to offer to your right candidates.

 

Networking

Networking is when people from within the industry have a gathering and talk to other people that are in the filed of the jobs type there want to head in.
 

It is not what you know it is about who you know.

The positive for the employees is that they are able to make job opportunities. Is that you will also be making new friends that you have trust in the film and TV industry because this part of the job sector is seen to be creative as this may lead to gaining your ideas.
 

The drawback for the employees is that they would have to maintain there relationship with there friend in the film and TV industry for a long time in order to gain trust with the audience because it may be seen as un professional to approached them after a long time with no contact.
 

The benifits for the employers is that potential employee will come with some credibility because have been involved in film or TV which tell us that they have lot of experience.
 

The drawback for the employer is that not everyone in the film and TV industry are trust worthy because they may have done project in the past that they have messed up.

Personal Contacts

Personal Contacts is what you get out of Networking it is the people that you have a relationship with that could potentials do the job.
 

The positive for the employees is that you may be recommended for a job which would make your chance more likely to get a job in the film and TV industry.
 

The drawback for the employees is that they would have to know people in order to get
 recommended for a job in the film and TV industry because it may seem un professional to approach them.
 

The pros for the employers is that it is cheaper to hired the employees as you would not have to pay for advertising the job because you have preciously known the candidate for the job that you are offering.
 

The cons for the employers is that not all of the candidates are good as there may not by very skilled to recommend them for the job because of the experience that they have had , as this may lead to advertising the job role.

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Internal Promotions

Internal Promotions is a promotion within the business that the industry know already.

Were you would find an internal promotions in the film and media industry as example of who would be most interested in this is the runner as he/she would had the job and would want a promotion.
 

The positive for the employees is that you will already be comfortable and families with the film and TV working environment as they would not have to be shown around the industry again because they are in the industry already.

The drawback for the employees is that that could get resentment from the other employees that did not get the promotion and also this could also means a difficult transitions because the job may be hard at first and may take long to get used to the job.

The positive for the employers is that they will be less training involved as the internal employee will already know the industry because they worked here before.

The drawback for the employers is that the employees within the company may not have enough skill to promote them as it may be forced to bring in new recruitment because they may want to find someone with the best skills for the job.

Trade Fairs

Trade fie is a large conventions that put up stalls of there specific industry and promote there jobs available in the industry.

 

An example of where you could find trade fairs related to film and TV is Tradefiredate.com which is a website which shows dates for different convention there is a category where you could film the Television sector.

A trade fair that I coming up is in Berlin what the trade fair would be about is the film and TV development.

 

The positive for the employees is that they would be able to see a lot of companies for the Film and TV industry in a short amount of time because there is huge number of media company that come to the trade fair.
 

The drawback for the employees is that they are lots of people in the trade fairs as you may get lost in the crowd and may be hard to get noticed because there are lots of rivals that are competing for the same job.
 

The pros for the employer is that they could gather the very best candidates that are the most committed to work in the film and TV industry because they come to the trade fair and the industry have want their want.
 

The cons for the employer is that they see a lot of people at the trade fair and not all of them are looking for a job. What also could be bad is that they may not get the candidates that they wanted to get because there may not be experienced enough.