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Topic: Moving from Florida to L.A.
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| LoDo | Posted – 10/16/2007 5:21:07 PM | show profile | email poster Hah, I'm not a beginner, but no one seems to be responding in the L.A. thread in Local Issues, so I thought I'd follow the girl moving from NJ to Atlanta and post here. Story in a nutshell: Move has been postponed, can't sell or rent condo, but am chomping at the bit to get out of South Florida and want to leave NOW. Am a union-eligible actor who is moving to advance my career, and I have extensive experience (15 years) in public relations and copywriting. Find me at http://mediabistro.com/loridolan. Any help, advice, links to joblines and support groups, people with money that are just dying to give it away to me...will ALL be greatly appreciated. Whew! That was a big nutshell. ------ Lori |
| reporterwriter | Posted – 10/16/2007 7:38:56 PM | show profile Expect to find the mortgage meltdown here with all its ripple effect, as you may have seen in the WSJ last week that this area had the highest saturation of anyplace in the nation with subprime mortgages. The Career Building section in Sunday's LA Times was positively flyaway, only eight pages for the whole darned region. Bumpy times ahead -- bring money. |
| reporterwriter | Posted – 10/16/2007 7:42:47 PM | show profile P.S. See whether you can get a handle on the effect of NBC/Universal leaving of LA, as well as moviemaking exiting the area. Those are having some impact on the entertainment industry as a whole here, though I don't know about the effect on actors. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 10/16/2007 8:32:14 PM | show profile NBC isn't leaving L.A. They are just moving a few miles down the road to Universal City. Movie making (going primarily to Canada) isn't exactly new. The reality show craze has hurt actors and writers. But it's always a tough time for actors. In terms of housing, prices are beginning to creep down. However, the real estate industry is almost at a standstill -- potential buyers are sitting it out waiting for the market to crash. Some think the RE market here is going to trend downward through 2011. --P.S. See whether you can get a handle on the effect of NBC/Universal leaving of LA, as well as moviemaking exiting the area. Those are having some impact on the entertainment industry as a whole here, though I don't know about the effect on actors-- |
| candylilacs | Posted – 10/16/2007 9:07:00 PM | show profile That and with the U.S. dollar being so weak, there will many less Canadian productions (Watch out, Lifetime!) So, I think it's no worse and certainly a good time to be an actor in the City of Angels. Saturated housing market in Fla. but some places here, too. Good luck! ------ http://www.mswritesguide.blogspot.com |
| LoDo | Posted – 10/17/2007 10:33:00 AM | show profile | email poster I'm not looking to buy a house at all. What I'm REALLY looking for are some joblines/sites/agencies in L.A. that I don't know about. I need a flexible schedule (not to mention better acting opps.), which I'm not getting in Florida; it may be easier to find out there because everyone's more used to the entertainment industry. ------ Lori |
| reporterwriter | Posted – 10/17/2007 11:50:01 AM | show profile You mentioned many occupations. Which one would you like to pursue through a job board or job listings? dribble, thanks for the clarification. I've been neck-deep in projects all month, dining on nuked food and just catching snippets of news, and when I heard NBC/Universal was selling the Telemundo station here, then heard that it was abandoning its headquarters, I thought it was retreating from our fair city. True, some trends in the area's movie biz aren't exactly news to us, but they might be to someone moving here from 2,500 miles away. |
| reporterwriter | Posted – 10/17/2007 12:08:43 PM | show profile >>I'm not looking to buy a house at all. << Just one more pop-in here. Even if you're not interested in buying a house, you really should monitor the housing-industry situation here, because it is going to affect the economic situation of this area for everybody, not only homeowners. As an example, rents in my area rose a few hundred dollars a month as homeowners underwent foreclosure -- it's a landlord's market, and demand is quickly catching up with supply. This is going to make a difference to you in your housing. We've also had thousands of layoffs in the mortgage industry, with other financials sure to follow. When there are massive layoffs in one industry, other industries will be affected. This will make a difference to you in your job hunting. These are just a couple of things to be aware of as you plan. They're not inconsequential, as California's economy is the 10th largest in the world. But everything is possible; it's the spirit of the West. Heck, I got here by getting hired just as the state was getting clobbered by a downturn in the aerospace industry. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 10/17/2007 1:09:03 PM | show profile NBC is building a huge new village near Universal. It will be interesting to see what happens to that 32 acres in Burbank, which is right across the street from my dentist. ----You mentioned many occupations. Which one would you like to pursue through a job board or job listings? dribble, thanks for the clarification. I've been neck-deep in projects all month, dining on nuked food and just catching snippets of news, and when I heard NBC/Universal was selling the Telemundo station here, then heard that it was abandoning its headquarters, I thought it was retreating from our fair city. True, some trends in the area's movie biz aren't exactly news to us, but they might be to someone moving here from 2,500 miles away.-- |
| LoDo | Posted – 10/17/2007 5:21:27 PM | show profile | email poster Just one more pop-in here. Even if you're not interested in buying a house, you really should monitor the housing-industry situation here, because it is going to affect the economic situation of this area for everybody, not only homeowners. As an example, rents in my area rose a few hundred dollars a month as homeowners underwent foreclosure -- it's a landlord's market, and demand is quickly catching up with supply. This is going to make a difference to you in your housing. We've also had thousands of layoffs in the mortgage industry, with other financials sure to follow. When there are massive layoffs in one industry, other industries will be affected. This will make a difference to you in your job hunting. These are just a couple of things to be aware of as you plan. They're not inconsequential, as California's economy is the 10th largest in the world. But everything is possible; it's the spirit of the West. Heck, I got here by getting hired just as the state was getting clobbered by a downturn in the aerospace industry. Boy, that nearly echoes Florida's economy. We're one of the?if not the?hardest hit areas housing-wise. Builders are going under fast. Well, our housing grew the fastest in the nation, and you know the saying about the bigger they are... I'm looking to find jobs/sites specifically related to PR and copywriting. I've been on Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, here on MediaBistro, Sologig, the jack-of-all-trades Craigslist. I'm usually told wait until I get here. Easier said than done when you're broke and you can't even give your townhome away to a family of Moldavian squatters :-) P.S. If anyone is from Moldavia, I sincerely apologize. I'm an 80s child, and if you are too, you'll understand the reference to the Dynasty Moldavian Wedding Massacre Story Line :-) ------ Lori |
| JCH | Posted – 10/17/2007 6:41:10 PM | show profile Luckily for you there is plenty of temp work in LA while you get your footing. It seems like there's an endless need for catering, waitering, promotions work (like at bars, festivals & the like) and temping. If you are interested in temping, you can choose an agency that works with the studios near where you live (cutting down on the inevitable frustration of commuting). I only personally know that Spherion handles Warner Bros. and Co-Op works with Fox. I think Apple 1 does Disney. But the studios rely on just a few agencies for their temp needs. There is a temp agency that deals in editing/writing/media work, but unfortunately I can't remember the name. There's always craigslist for gig opportunities, and also do some networking to find someone who gets the UTA job list -- it has tons of industry listings. |
| linjohn | Posted – 10/18/2007 4:27:40 PM | show profile | email poster Hi LoDo, I moved to LA from NYC a few years ago, and I work in PR as well as do some freelance copywriting, but I don't know of any specific message boards or sites to recommend. I did the same thing you are doing - looked for a job before I got out here, came out with a bunch of leads and contacts, but ended up getting a job about a month after I arrived through a regular old public Monster posting. If you want to email me off the board I'm happy to share my experiences and answer any questions I can, but I'm not aware of any industry sites that you might be overlooking. Of course, if you find one, feel free to share! |
| Righter | Posted – 10/18/2007 5:00:22 PM | show profile You can always try mandy.com for job searches in film and tv production. Good luck on your move! I myself am from S. Fla and may be making the move to CA in a few years as well. |
