Hello from The Southeastern Theatre Conference

[SETCApril]

Hi everyone - I'm April - director of the SETC Professional Theatre Services.  We are seeking ways to enchance our program "Job Contact Service" to be of more benefit to our users -- especially Stage Managers, upper level Designers, Directors, etc. 
First let me explain our service(s):
A) Resume matching service -- we currently keep on file all resumes from individuals who join SETC and register for Job Contact.  Then, as theatres across the nation are in immediate need of hiring persons, we scan the resumes and try to find a possible match.  Then we share that resume with the theatre who is seeking to hire.
B) In about two months, setc will have an online resume posting service that can be searched by authorized theatres, schools, and related organizations who are seeking to hire for off-stage theatre related jobs.    (Once that's up and running, I'll be happy to share more about this). 
C) Each week SETC sends to it's constituent members an email of the latest job listings (on and off-stage) - the Job Postings are available on our website ( newbielink:http://www.setc.org [nonactive]) 24-7 and are open to anyone.
D) Convention/On-Site Interviews: This is part of the SETC Annual Convention (held each first Wednesday - Sunday of March).  During this time, SETC sets up a large room "job fair style" for 3 days where hiring companies set up to meet, screen, and interview potential job candidates in all areas of "off-stage" theatre (we have a separate set of Professional Auditions for acting jobs).  Then, authorized candidates may enter the area and meet potential employers.  This is where we're seeking the most growth, so I have questions. 
1)  How do you as stage mangers find most of your jobs?
2)  What sorts of "information (resume, portfolio, stills, references, etc)" have you been asked to provide?
3)  What sort of opportunities would you like to see in order to meet and find out about stage mangement jobs?  (Or, How do you think would be the most effective way to facilitate the interview and hiring for SMs, PSMs,  ASMs, etc.?)

Please feel free to post here, or to contact me via email with your responses and/or if you have any questions.

Thanks & I look forward to hearing from many of you.

[ChaCha]

This is where we're seeking the most growth, so I have questions. 
1)  How do you as stage mangers find most of your jobs?
2)  What sorts of "information (resume, portfolio, stills, references, etc)" have you been asked to provide?
3)  What sort of opportunities would you like to see in order to meet and find out about stage mangement jobs?  (Or, How do you think would be the most effective way to facilitate the interview and hiring for SMs, PSMs,  ASMs, etc.?)

I would actually be very interested in seeing a few responses to these questions. I haven't responded myself as I don't think my answers would help original poster as I am in Australia and no one here has dreamed of any centralised opportunity for stage managers to sell themslves to prospective hirers .... too small an industry/population.

I would say that 95% of my work as a stage manager would have come through personal contacts or recommendations of friends/other stage managers, and repeat contracts with previous employers. Not sure I ever got a job replying to an ad for a stage manager - maybe once...