He glanced at the resume. Read it aloud, a clear as Ever indication this was time primero he laid eyeball to C.V. ink. “Shogun Sushi,” mumble mumble, “Rutgers University,” mumble mumble, then stopped. Where they always stopped. Asked what they always asked. “What’d you do for Maxim Magazine?” Eric offered one takeaway, other than his [...]
“It’s rolling the dice,” Eric said, “trying to get an interview for one of these internships.” On the second day of his internship, his boss presented him a stack of resumes. “He told me, ‘go through these, find five candidates to interview for the last internship spot.’” “When you’re given 50 resumes and cover letters, [...]
Sidebar: My Path Don’t remember who said it, but there’s something about the quote, paraphrased below, that sticks like beach tar to fleshy foot: “Self deception is such an insidious thing; not only are you lying to yourself, but then the lie covers its own tracks, so you never realize it existed to begin with.” [...]
Introduction There’s something insidious about the breaking into the entertainment business. Glim and glamour lure like praying mantis pheromones, secreted in heat, right before the female lops the top and dines on dome. Nor can the heist be accomplished remotely; stories of landing The Break via telecommuting from Akron, Ohio are far and few between. [...]
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Chris moved from NY to Los Angeles to build his entertainment background and create content. He writes about that here. [more...]
