Careers Advice
What area of the media would you like to work in? Do you want to be a runner, researcher or a sound recordist? The list of careers available is endless and cover everything from artisitic to technical to administrative roles.
Getting a foot in the door requires determination, persistence, perserverance and a degree of luck and timing. Once you decide where your interest lies, you need to research what companies are out there and find out the people involved in the specific projects you want to be involved in. It's important to do your homework so that you can make a targeted approach that doesn't waste yours or potential employers time.
So how do you make an approach? Once you're armed with a list of who is out there and you know what you want to do, you then need to approach the relevant companies and send a CV and a covering letter.
Work experience is often the best way of getting a foot in the door, though be aware that competition is fierce and placements can be few and far between. You need to be realisitic about the skills you can offer an employer.
Skillset Careers and Skillset can help with careers advice like putting a CV together and selling yourself based on what you want to do and your experience.
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For further careers advice, please contact Nicky Ball, Crew and Freelance Development Manager on 0113 236 8233 or email nicky@screenyorkshire.co.uk
Writing for Continuing DramaQ&A Session with John Yorke
Joining John on the panel were BBC Writers Academy Development Producer Ceri Meyrick and Continuing Drama writers Claire Bennett and Tom Bidwell. The panel was chaired by Kate Rowland from BBC Writersroom.
This informative video provides extracts of the answers to questions posed by audience members about writing continuing drama for the BBC.
