Faced with these challenges, some in the business are retooling their résumés from a classic production format, which assumes the reader’s familiarity with the business and often entails long lists of credits, to a more corporate layout that briefly describes responsibilities and highlights certain skills developed. They’re translating what specific roles on set or in industry offices mean to employers who don’t speak entertainment. “When you say, ‘I work in development,’ they think you’re a fundraiser,” says former casting and development executive Lauren Kotlen, who has been working perma-freelance since November 2023 and is exploring content development and talent-relations opportunities in marketing, advertising and digital media companies.
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