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« on: Sep 05, 2006, 04:30 pm »
In defense of those of us hiring and not job-searching... I rarely reply to any resume unless I am truely interested in hiring that person. I will not waste my time or yours in an interview which I do not believe will fill the position.
Ex; If I'm hiring an ASM for dance and I get 50 resume's- 10 of which come from people with experience in dance, and the other 40 have no experience in dance... I do not reply to the other 40. Which is not to say I wouldn't give you feedback if you called or emailed me- But I won't seek you out unless I feel strongly that you will fit my position.
This year I was looking for an ASM for my ballet company for 27 weeks of work. I had 58 responses. I interviewed the 3 people I felt would best fit the position based on their resume & cover letter. The other 55 didn't hear a peep. (If this is you- i hope this explains WHY.)
I'm betting most people do the same... not to discourage young stage managers, but rather to keep ourselves from going crazy writing rejection letters!
On the other hand I do send out letters to all the auditioning dancers (this year just over 200)- but these people all attended an audition or class and spent the $300+ to fly to BHM, stay in a hotel, made an audition DVD or Video and full-out auditioned.
I don't know- I suppose SM's get the unfair end of the stick!
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