How To Prepare (or Not Prepare) Your Modeling Resume

How To Prepare (or Not Prepare) Your Modeling ResumeHow To Prepare (or Not Prepare) Your Modeling ResumeIf you are a new model and havent booked any modeling jobs you are most likely struggling with how to create a modeling resume. What exactly should you put on your modeling resume and what are the agents and clients looking for? When you apply for a job outside of the modeling industry you are expected to have a resume. A resume typically lists your education, skills, experiences, accomplishments, and job-related interests in order to impress a eignung employer and show them youre the right person for the job. A lot of people typically use schablones they find online and cut and paste their information into them. I did a little research and to my surprise there were numerous web sites showing examples of how to set up and write modeling resumes. The sites went into great detail about what information a model should put on their resume and some were even selling templates that model s could purchase and just fill in their own information. Really? You see heres the thing - there is no such thing as a modeling resume and you dont need one - EVER Did I just hear a collective sigh of relief I have worked as a model agent and scout for 30 years and I have never asked a model for their modeling resume. I have never prepared one for any of my models, nor have I ever been asked by any of the hundreds of modeling agencies I work with every day to provide them with a modeling resume for a model I was promoting. So, if someone is trying to sell you a template for a modeling resume you can save your money. Modeling Agencies - 6 Big Reasons You Need One How to Get One In the modeling business a models photos are her resume. Rather than listing experience, training and other stats on a piece of paper, a models photos will show potential agencies and clients all they need to know about hiring that particular model. The photos may be of actual work the model has done these a re called tearsheets, or they can be photos that the model has taken by a photographer on her own behalf these are called tests. Even if a model doesnt have professional photos, snapshots are acceptable to show to the agents and scouts and even clients. Modeling Portfolios - Do You Need Professional Photos or Will Snapshots Do? In order to present her resume, or in this case photos, to potential agents, scouts and clients a model may post her photos on an online model scouting site or print several hundred composite cards. A composite card is a selection of five or six of the models best photos that are printed on a card which includes the models name, stats, agency representation and contact information. Professional models will often do both. The only time a model may need a resume is if he or she is also an actor. Actors do use and submit resumes to agents, casting directors and clients when applying for acting jobs. Having said that, it is not customary for models who are repre sented by modeling agencies to use an acting resume even if they are applying for an acting job when their primary status is model. So, dont stress about modeling resumes - agents and clients dont want them and models dont need them. Models always let their pictures do the talking.