For most jobs, there are data and accomplishments to be shared that recruiters like Harris want to see., three people get hired via the professional-networking platform every minute.
Bancroft, who is also the program director of the Animation and Visual Effects program at Azusa Pacific University, says he always tells students: "Really curate the content that you put out there so that it's uniquely you."From working on a Netflix short to commissioned pieces of art, Bancroft has watched a number of his students get contacted directly through social media for projects big and small. Creating a personal brand doesn't have to be scary, hard or time-consuming.
With just a few taps around someone's profile, from their main feed to their followers' tab, Dunnigan can gauge: What is the caliber of productions that this person works on? How frequently do they work? Who do we both know?Instagram Stories can be especially helpful for candidates if you don't want to risk tarnishing your personal account or create a separate "professional" one.
For Greene, too, his current favorite platform is Instagram, "just because it has everything that TikTok can do and more." "When TikTok first came out, people were like, 'Oh, TikTok is for weirdos,' or whatever, but I love TikTok because I thought it was hilarious," Yee says. "One day I stumbled across this video that was like, 'Hey, if you want to work for TikTok, you should totally apply' … So I decided to take that risk.