21 Sep 10 Recruiter split – Share income or split relationships?
A particularly unique job order needed some tweaking. Couple of us recruiters and our good client met over coffee. We could not help over hear the next table – also recruiters (is this cafe a recruiter hang out or what?) were on to their banter. Their conversation was getting hotter than the brew. Long story short: Your job order, my resume, how do we split the income.
Our client asked, does that happen all the time. We volunteered a guess, on the negative. Heading back, we googled out recruiter splits and you would be surprised to a lot of dirty linen in public (IPs – so to say).
Green opportunities beckon – you have the job order, I have my resume archives gathering dust. We jump in, all in good will. When there is income to share, goodwill is under stress and, relationships split. Whats a good method:
1. The side that brings the opportunity takes the larger share (The risk is taken by this recruiter in dealing the business)
2. The person sending resumes is usually pulling out of the archives – not that there were hot hot resumes
3. If there are niche skills, or the recruiter is going out of the way to source resumes – discuss costs then and there
4. Basically agree on the split before sharing the resume
Wouldnt it be nice if someone started job order sharing service? Apparently, somebody did
www.gorecroot.com – truly a service to go recruit
Our friend here has a good story. They almost lost a client in the process of splitting earnings.
Tags: Banter, Coffee, Dirty Linen, Earnings, Gathering Dust, Goodwill, Guess, Heading, Ips, Job Order, Niche, Recruiter, Relationships, Resume, Resumes, Risk, Split Share, Splits, Stress, Tweaking
15 Jul 10 How To Start Your Voice Over Career, Part 1
If you have ever been told that you have a great voice, then you may have thought of making use of that great voice in a professional way, as a singer, announcer or as a voice over talent. Voice over, or adding your voice to advertisements and recorded messages, can be a very lucrative field for a trained talent. If you would like to get the training necessary to succeed as a voice over talent then here are a few steps to take.
But first before I give the step-by-step guide to a career in voice over, remember one thing: in the commercial world all kinds of voices are needed: low voices, whiny voices, gravelly voices, flat voices and even average voices. So, even if you dont have a classic good voice you can enter the field if you have determination. Here is what you should do.
1. Take Acting Classes:
Yes, take acting classes if you are in a major city. Find a course and enroll in it. Why acting classes? You need to know how to create the characters who speak in a commercial. Just taking an animation class wont do it. You need to start the process organically. Its not about the voice, yet, its about the intent beneath the voice that shapes the voice.
2. Take a Voice Over Class
After youve opened yourself up for three months in an acting class, time to move into specifics with a voice over class. In L.A., the best resource is http://www.voiceoverresourceguide.com. It lists all the studios as well as all the classes in L.A. At the top are http://www.voicecaster.com and http://www.kalmenson.com.
3. Start Practicing at Home
In addition to class, listen to any and every commercial on the TV and radio. Mimic them. Pick up magazines and read aloud the ad copy as though it were a commercial. Get so used to your voice that silence sounds wrong.
4. Find Your Niche
Once youve gotten a handle on your instrument – your voice – you need to know what your range is and, by association, what your market is. Are you the classy BMW voice, the GenX hamburger guy, the Don Pardo game show host? You could be all three and more. Knowing all that you can do will help you with confidence and direction when promoting yourself.
So, start studying, keep practicing and try to determine where your voice would fit in best.
In the next article, I will discuss how to get your demo reel ready and made, how to find an agent, and how to book the job.
Tags: Acting Class, Acting Classes, Advertisements, Animation Class, Bmw, Bmw Voice, Career, Class Time, Hamburger, Lucrative Field, Magazines, Niche, Radio, Shapes, Silence, Sounds, Specifics, Three Months, Voice Over Talent, Voices
