It does not matter if you have never modeled, acted or worked as an extra, you need to begin a resume.

Regardless of your credits and experience, a résumé is the professional and standard way to apply for a job. It is the same for the entertainment industry.

You need to begin a resume and then build upon and improve your résumé as you gain experience.

We have created a little resume builder for actors and models. It will help you format your resume and allow you to cut and paste your information into a format you can customize.

We see so many members and even experienced actors who do not have a resume. This is amazing to the staff and what prompted them to give members a jump start with the model and actor resume builder.

Many of your are just getting started in the field of modeling or acting and not sure where to begin, in addition to the information here, you may want to log in to the EFM forums and read the many posts regarding how to get into modeling or acting for any age human or not.

It is a good practice and professional for a model or actor to provide a resume with their photos when submitting for a casting call or audition.

RESUME TIPS

You will be sending out or leaving a number of resumes and in most instances you will not know who sees it, so note our warning that when creating a resume, limit your personal information   What we mean is to not make it a habit to include your home address, email address and telephone numbers you don’t want to give to strangers on your resume.

By all means, you need to provide contact info but just be sparingly until you know who you are giving it to.

Keep in Mind that as a handmealine member, you have the ability to use us as your initial contact email of our casting department, allowing all email to go through their review before forwarding to your email address.

Another option is that if you do not have  have a profile on our web site yet, consider getting one where you can get a web link to use that displays all your pictures and resume. All email from that page will go directly into the casting department to review before forwarding to your personal email address.

Build your resume around your Talents and Abilities

A resume is what you will leave behind or submit for a project in order to inform the casting personnel more about  you.

For those who are new and want to know how to get started in the industry as an actor or model and who does not have any credits yet, our advice is to focus on your special talents and abilities, everyone is good at something.

Many casting projects consist of casting personnel seeking extras, actors, models who have a “Look” or specialized ability for a segment they are shooting. If you have that ability then you may be right for the role or scene

Final Note:

It does not matter whether you have modeling or acting experience when you are beginning your resume. (Of course it DOES matter what experience you have but in the context of these tips it does not).

Click here to access the model - actor resume generator.

Hope this is helpful, send us your comments..

Just follow instructions and if you need our assistance, we are happy to help. If you want to send your resume to us to critique, email us and the staff will take a look and send back to you with comments if needed.

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