Learn how to “network to get work” authentically.
[Networking] is important to so many industries, and, I think, sometimes as actors, we think we are uniquely put in this awkward position that we have to network. But it’s just a commonality — a rung on the ladder that helps you climb up in any industry — and a skill necessary across many career paths.
Rudy Solis III
NextGen Performers Committee Vice Chair
Performers often hear, “You’ve got to network to get work.” Although this is sound advice — and applicable across all industries — for many performers, networking can feel … well, performative.
How can performers put their best foot forward without being put off? What methods keep networking from feeling awkward, forced or just plain transactional? Podcast host and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland poses these questions to performer-producer and SAG-AFTRA NextGen Performers Committee Vice Chair Rudy Solis III.
Stressing the importance of shifting one’s mindset towards building industry relationships that feel more genuine and less opportunistic, Solis shares practical tips to help performers, including ways to take advantage of union events and everyday encounters confidently.
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The views expressed by the guests are their own and not that of SAG-AFTRA. Any mention of products or services does not imply SAG-AFTRA’s endorsement.
Photo: SAG-AFTRA NextGen Performer Committee Vice Chair Rudy Solis III and National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
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