Let me tell you a story: it’s about a musician—her ego—and her resume. It happened years ago, back when I ran the career center at New England Conservatory. An alum came to see me. To protect the innocent, we'll call her Kay. A talented and accomplished freelancer,...
Here's the conundrum: in order to get hired to teach, you need experience. But in order to get that experience, you need to get hired. Because of this, musicians without much teaching experience often end up discouraged and stuck, going nowhere fast. The question is,...
MONDAY BYTES — October 24, 2016 Fall is a terrific time to upgrade your promotional materials: it's a new season for grant applications, auditions, and jobs. So this week I've got 10 tips to polish up your performance or composition résumé, the nuts and bolts of how...
As a musician, ever have a CV Surprise? I have. Let me explain: the story involved a talented musician I'll call Lisa who came to me for coaching. She was applying for a college teaching job. Lisa knew the job would be a stretch because she didn't have much teaching...
Welcome to the CV/résumé round up: I'm detailing common blunders musicians make in their CVs and with their teaching and/or arts administration résumés. Don't let these happen to you: here's how to Avoid the Top 5 CV Mistakes. Mistake #1 Failing to put yourself in the...
MONDAY BYTES — September 15, 2014 Here's a helpful tool for evaluating the effectiveness of résumés, cover letters, and other marketing materials: it's what I call the "So What?" test (which is akin to the Who Cares? test). It's to test whether or not what you are...
