[Jeffrey]

We had a client at a company I used to work for that flipped out when we quoted them a price of something like 3k for a 2 day, 3 camera shoot. It was a convention that had a main forum, and then broke into separate workshops. What did we do?.. We called 3 video companies (a small, medium and large)and asked them to email us a quote for the job we were doing (we acted as if we were our client). The average price I think was between 10-15k. When we told them we could get it cheaper they basically called us liars. We brought the quotes and responses from these comapnies to our client and they never challenged our prices again.

and yes, gut feeling,…pond scum.

[Jeffrey]

There was a book called “resumes that knock em dead”. It helped me out tremendously. Having said that, it really depends on what you are looking to do.If you are just looking to be a freelance editor, I would think your years of experience and different types of projects and clients you have worked for should be highlighted.

If you are looking to land a full time job with a video production company, then you will probably want to show your work history doesn’t just include one or two skills(i.e. I edit in avid and FCP), but rather that you have a variety things to offer, both technical and professional. Most video companies are small and need people that are willing to jump in at various levels of the company to help it grow.

Finally if you haven’t worked at any video-production companies before, you may want to focus your resume more on a summary of experience rather than your work history…just leave your sandwich shop job at the end of the resume under a heading called “non-related experience” or something like that, but still even at a fast food restaraunt if you think hard enough you can demonstrate basic problem solving skills that you performed.

Oh yeah and one more thing…this is the most important. DONT JUST MAKE ONE RESUME AND STICK WITH IT!! Examine the company you are applying to and customize a resume based on what they specialize in. I have at least four resumes that I keep on hand that cover general types of business, but I tweak them accordingly.

Good Luck