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    Was he just being "nice"?

    I've gone on one audition (it was yesterday) and I thought I did well, but...
    The booker told me he'd put me on the schedule, but I'm not on it this time around (it was posted today). There is one "tba" slot on this schedule, so I'm wondering why he didn't just write me in...it's a day shift and all, and i'm a newbie. Do you suppose he was "letting me down easy"? I certainly don't come across as sensitive, so I'm a bit confused.
    Should I wait to see if I'm on next weeks schedule before I jump to conclusions? If I'm not on the schedule should I shoot him an email reminding him of my availability?

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    I wouldn't freak out just yet I would just talk to him and ask him if you could work that day shift that is on there. Just walk up to him and say something like I don't know if you had got a chance to put me on the schedule yet for next week but I was looking at this week and saw that there was a opening I wanted to know if you would mind if I took that one. He might have made that schedule before he got to you. Just talk to him. Also if he isn't wanting to hire you then you will know to go ahead and start looking somewhere else so that you aren't wasting time waiting on him when you could be out there making money. Good luck

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    No one else has any input??

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    I'd just call and ask. See if he forgot to add you on, or maybe he already had that schedule and will add you to next week's.

    Tell him that you just wanted to write it down in your planner so you know when to be there.

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    Call him or stop by and say that you want to be sure you are there for when you're supposed to be. and you might want to ask any other questions that you might have at this time. ie show up time, shift length ect ect...
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    In any line of work, when you're applying for a job, you have to be aggressive in getting it & asking for it. For example, you send in your resume to an office, then 2 days later, you call the office to "make sure" they got your resume. You know they got it but they probably got 100 of them, by you calling, saying your name will make you stick out in their head. Most likely they'll say, we haven't reviewed it yet but when we do we'll call you. 2 days later, you need to call again and say "Hi, my name Jenny Johnson, I talked to Mr.Smith on Monday & was wondering if he reviewed my resume yet?" If they say, not yet, you say thank you, blah, blah. 2 days later you call again and do it until you get the interview. Once you have the interview, you do the same thing by calling every other day until you get the job. That's something I learned from a Regional Sales Manager, that showing persistance and showing that you really want the job more than anyone else, shows them that you are serious about the job and will make you a good employee. A lot of people think that by calling like that will just annoy the person, but TRUST ME, it won't!!! If you want a job and want it bad enough, you have to be persistant and you have to ask for it because nobody's going to beat your door down for it.

    So, hearts, call this agent/employer whatever he is and ask him when's the next available job opening and to put you down for it. If he didn't want to work with you, he'd tell you flat out that you don't fit the job description or you're just not what they're looking for. I own a small business in which I've hired people and the ones that have gotten the jobs were the ones that called & called & followed through. It showed me they were serious about the job, would be reliable, good workers and really wanted the job. Also, when you're really busy and you get 1 phone call from someone or one resume w/o a followup, you forget about the person. Not because they were necessarily not qualified but because there were others that showed persistance and they got the job first. I can guarantee that's what's happened in your situation. He probably is in charge of several bookings per week with lots of employees, so to get the job you want, you need to hound him and when you get him on the phone, ask him if there's a job open and if he says yes, tell him to put you down. If he says no, then call him back tomorrow and ask again and so on and so on......

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    Okay. I've sent him an email. I reminded him of my audition date and what I looked like. Thank you very much for the replies. I'm super nervous, since this is all so new to me.

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    Persistance (err, nagging?) paid off! I got an email back and I'm on the schedule. Yipee!

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    Quote Originally Posted by leogirl876
    In any line of work, when you're applying for a job, you have to be aggressive in getting it & asking for it. For example, you send in your resume to an office, then 2 days later, you call the office to "make sure" they got your resume. You know they got it but they probably got 100 of them, by you calling, saying your name will make you stick out in their head. Most likely they'll say, we haven't reviewed it yet but when we do we'll call you. 2 days later, you need to call again and say "Hi, my name Jenny Johnson, I talked to Mr.Smith on Monday & was wondering if he reviewed my resume yet?" If they say, not yet, you say thank you, blah, blah. 2 days later you call again and do it until you get the interview. Once you have the interview, you do the same thing by calling every other day until you get the job. That's something I learned from a Regional Sales Manager, that showing persistance and showing that you really want the job more than anyone else, shows them that you are serious about the job and will make you a good employee. A lot of people think that by calling like that will just annoy the person, but TRUST ME, it won't!!! If you want a job and want it bad enough, you have to be persistant and you have to ask for it because nobody's going to beat your door down for it.

    So, hearts, call this agent/employer whatever he is and ask him when's the next available job opening and to put you down for it. If he didn't want to work with you, he'd tell you flat out that you don't fit the job description or you're just not what they're looking for. I own a small business in which I've hired people and the ones that have gotten the jobs were the ones that called & called & followed through. It showed me they were serious about the job, would be reliable, good workers and really wanted the job. Also, when you're really busy and you get 1 phone call from someone or one resume w/o a followup, you forget about the person. Not because they were necessarily not qualified but because there were others that showed persistance and they got the job first. I can guarantee that's what's happened in your situation. He probably is in charge of several bookings per week with lots of employees, so to get the job you want, you need to hound him and when you get him on the phone, ask him if there's a job open and if he says yes, tell him to put you down. If he says no, then call him back tomorrow and ask again and so on and so on......
    Exactly, this is a job just like any other in that respect. You can't expect to guess what your employer is doing, or assume. You need to ask or you'll never know.

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    Grats on the new job. Hope it goes well for you.

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