Timing

You know that old Hollywood adage about getting your break from being in the right place at the right time? Boy was it proven true today.

There are always a fair number of motivated, young people who come to the studio on their own time to observe or train on their chosen positions. We do enough of a background check to clear them for day passes to the studio, but that's it - we don't pay them and we make it clear that we may not ever be interested in hiring them. The smart ones keep turning up anyway, hoping to catch someone's eye or make enough of an impression to score formal training or a paying job.

Today, I hired two of them on the spot because they were standing in front of me when I realized that I needed to train people in their positions.

One of them went from $0 an hour to $30 an hour in the space of 10 seconds because I told him he could only have the job if he was willing to start his formal training right that minute. I thought he was going to kiss me. When I mentioned to the other that good things happen to people who are in the right place at the right time, he responded "Yeah, this is exactly what I've been hoping for."

Let it never be said that persistance doesn't pay off.

Comments

[Matthew Shiner]

So, how can I stand in front of you and get a job like that . . .

[Greg Kolschowsky]

I was just going to ask the same thing... :)