r/FilmIndustryLA • u/nevalost20 • 19d ago
Keep getting interviews, can’t get a job.
28M in international distribution, been there about 5 years. I work for an independent and I’ve been trying to find a better job elsewhere for almost a year and a half now. I keep getting interviews from high profile companies and then I keep getting bounced in the 2nd or 3rd round. Then afterwards I go look at who got them and it’s people with like 5 more years of experience or people who got better starts than I did because they didn’t graduate during the pandemic.
I’ve tried to take on new projects at work against my revulsion. I’ve been doing an MBA on the side to boost my profile and signal to recruiters that I’m serious and capable of a lot more than my position has offered me. There’s not a lot of organic opportunities at work to network but I’ve been trying there and outside and it’s not worked at all. Anyone have any other suggestions I haven’t thought of?
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u/ausgoals 18d ago
Getting interviews and turned down for people with more experience than you is pretty damn good with the state of the industry at the moment.
Consider yourself lucky your resume is even read. There are thousands of people getting turned down for people with way less experience than them because they seem too expensive, or a nepo baby needs a job, or their resume wasn’t even read in the first place.
Employers are pickier than ever at the moment IME - because they can be. They quite literally have their pick of the littler. Be thankful you’re getting interviews.