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HelpHow The Site WorksActors1. Create An Account and Sign In2. Create A Resume 3. Search For Calls 4. Reply To Calls 5. Get Messages From Casting Directors Casting People1. Create an Account and Sign In2. Search For Actors 3. Create A Call For Actors 4. View Call Replies 5. Manage Actors 6. Contact Actors GlossaryAccount, Age, Age Range, Allow Contact, Birthdate, Body Type, Call Description, Call Is Live, Call Keyword, Call Offline Date, Call Title, Email Address, Ethnicity, Eye Color, Featured Resume, First Name, Full Name, Gender, Has Pictures, Hair Color, Height, Is Searchable?, Is Paying?, Last Name, My Actor Notes, My Favorites, National Call, Non Paying Gigs, Password, Password Confirmation, Pictures, Projet Type, Replied Calls, Resume, Resume Document, Resume Sections, Skills, Weight, Unions, Your Links, Zip CodeActor FAQDo I have to fill out all information for my resume?Why is my resume not in the search results? I don't have any unions selected in my resume. Why don't I come up in a search for non union people? I don't understand the "Custom Resume" Section, could you explain how this works? How do I know that the person contacting me is really a casting director? Casting Director FAQWhat does it mean when my call is "live"?How do i know if my call is live? Why can't I contact some actors? Other FAQIf your site is free to actors and casting people, who pays for site hosting and maintaince?What are the advertisements on the left side of the page? How can people contact me if they don't have my email address? How The Site WorksActorsCreate An Account and Sign In
Create A Resume
Search For Calls
Reply To Calls
Get Messages From Casting Directors
Casting PeopleCreate an Account and Sign In
Search For Actors
Create A Call For Actors
View Call Replies
Manage Actors
Contact Actors
GlossaryAccount Your account is your main information. It grants you access to the site, but it is not searchable like a resume. You need an account to log into and set up your resume. All information is mandatory. Age The acutal age of an actor. Age Range The range of ages that you could play. Allow Contact Who is allowed to contact you. "Registered Users" will let anyone with an Actor Hub account contact you. "Casting Directors" will only allow users who signed up for an Actor Hub account as a casting director to contact you (no actors). Note that anyone can sign up for an account and specify their account type, so someone with a casting director account is not necessarily a casting director. Birthdate Your actual birthday. Used to determine your age. No one will see the actual date that you enter. Just your current age based on your birthdate. This is so your age information is always current. Body Type Your body type. Call Description Long description of the call. Call Is Live The call is currenly live on the site. This means that actors can search for it and reply to it. Call Keyword Word(s) in the title or description of a call. Call Offline Date Date a call will end. If this is set the call will automaticly go offline (Actors won't be able to search for it or reply to it) on that date. Call Title Short description of the call. Email Address Your Email Address. You MUST enter a valid email address or you will not be able to activate your account. This is not displayed on the site. People who want to contact you will fill out of a form with their conact information and a message. This will be sent to your email address. Ethnicity Your ethnicity. Only one answer is allowed. Please choose the one that best descibes the way that you look (since the purpose is for casting roles). Eye Color Your eye color. Featured Resume Featured Resumes are resumes that randomly appear on the homepage. In order to be considered for being a featured resume, a user must select the "Would You Like To Be Considered For Featured Resumes" option on the "Manage Resume Info" Page. We run a search to find who has this selected and has all of the profile sections filled out (main info, pictures, at least 1 user defined section, etc), then we go into each to make sure everything looks good (spelling, etc). If so, we set them as a featured profile. We aren't too picky, as long as you have everything filled out and everything looks nice, you'll probabaly be approved. These resumes are on the homepage, not just for extra exposure for actors, but also as examples of what resumes on the site look like, so we do screen them to make sure they look good. First Name Your First Name Full Name Your Full Name. It is the way it will be displayed on the site. You can include middle initial, middle name, etc. Gender Your Gender Has Pictures Search only for actors that have 1 or more pictures on their online resume. Hair Color Your hair color. Height Your height. Is Searchable? Whether or not your profile will appear with search results. If this is not checked, your page can only be accessed by someone going directly to your page. This could be unchecked if you are too busy to start new projects, but will want to have your resume searchable later or if you simply want to only have people that you direct to your resume see it. Is Paying? Whether or not there is monetary payment for working on the project. Last Name Your Last Name My Actor Notes For Casting Directors, you can search only for actors that have written notes for. My Favorites For Casting Directors, you can search only for actors that you have saved to your favorites. National Call Nationwide call for actors Non Paying Gigs Are you interested in working on projects without payment (student films, independent projects, etc.) Password Your password. You will need to remember it because it will be required every time you log in to the site Password Confirmation A conformation of your password. Makes sure you didn't mistype your password. Pictures You can upload up to 10 picutes with your resume. The first one will display with your search results. Small versions of the images will be created for thumbnails. When these are clicked on the full picture will display. Projet Type Types of projects that you are interested in working in. This is NOT necessarily the types of projects that they have worked on previously. Replied Calls Actors can search for calls that they've replied to. Resume Your main resume information. All fields are optional and empty rows will be skipped on your page rather displaying them with no information. But all fields are searchable and if you don't fill in a field that someone searches for, you won't show up in their search results. So if you don't enter an age and someone searches for actors that are 18 and over, you won't come up in their search results. Resume Document Your resume in either word(.doc) or .pdf format. It is optional. It will be available for download on your page. The information in it will not be searchable. So any information should also be put into the main resume information of this site. Only one resume can be uploaded. Resume Sections This is for other information that you would like to display with your resume. For example, a section could be "Film Experience", in it you can list projects that you've worked on and include information on each. These are blocks of text where you can write anything that you'd like. Other examples of resume sections would be "Stage Experience", "Acting Workshops", "Special Skills", etc. Skills Non acting skills that could be needed in acting roles such as singing, dancing, playing a sport, playing an instrument, etc. Weight Your weight in pounds. Unions Actors unions to which you belong. Note: this is an optional field. If don't click on any unions, it means that you are not giving an answer. If you click on "nonunion", it means that you aren't in any actor unions. Your Links The web address (URL) of your page. There are 2 and both are very simple and easy to remember. If someone types goes to the redirect link, they will be sent to the main link. Zip Code Zip code. This is used for location searches and to determine city/state locations of actors and calls. Actor FAQDo I have to fill out all information for my resume? No. None of the fields are required. When you don't fill them out, they don't appear on your resume. So if you don't enter your weight, it will skip displaying the field entirely when people view your resume so it won't look like you are skipping information. However, any field that you leave blank will not appear in any searches. So if you are 30 and don't enter your age, you won't appear in any search for age, even one as broad as someone looking for an 20 to 50 year old actor. Why is my resume not in the search results? Did you create a resume? Just creating an account does not automaticly create a resume. Once you have created an account, create a resume at the link to the left. Also, you're resume must be set to searchable (which is the default). If you have not created a resume, you will not show up in search results. I don't have any unions selected in my resume. Why don't I come up in a search for non union people? There is an option under Unions called 'non union'. As with any field, if you don't enter any information, the program assumes that you are skipping it. To skip the question, leave it blank, to say you are non union, you have to click on 'non union'. I don't understand the "Custom Resume" Section, could you explain how this works? Rather than creating predefined sections of your resume, this site allows you to make your own. This may be a little confusing at first, but it is much more flexable and lets you create a resume that is much closer to your paper resume. You can create sections such as "Goals", "Acting Classes", "Film Experience", "Theatre Experiences", "Additional Skills", etc. There are 2 kinds of sections: Text and Table. Text is the header (or section name) and a block of text below. Goals and Additional Skills would be good for this section. Table is slightly more complicated, but will good if set up correctly. You set up a Header (or title) and fill out the table columns. For this example, we'll set up a section called "Acting Experience". The fields could be "Title", "Year", "Role", and "Studio". Then you will see a form where you can enter information based on the columns that you've set up and hit "Add Row" to save it. How do I know that the person contacting me is really a casting director? You don't. Anyone can sign up for a Casting Director account. So as with answering any ads, use good judgement. (ie, if Steven Speilberg contacts you through the site and asks you to meet him at a hotel, it's probably not actually him) Casting Director FAQ |
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How can people contact me if they don't have my email address?
People who visit your resume and want to contact you will fill out a form with their name, contact information, and a message. This information will be mailed to you from the website. You will recieve an email from the Actor Hub contact form with this information.