As experts in career counseling, employment training and job development, we’re here to help you develop and manage a career in the arts. Our workshops can help you manage your arts career, develop freelance and entrepreneurial opportunities, discover meaningful industry-adjacent work or transition to a new career.
Please register or log in to our Entertainment Community Fund Portal to access our workshops, programs and services. Our portal is designed to cater to your individual needs and interests, offering access to a wide range of resources and support—all with the guidance and understanding of what it takes to build a life and career in the arts.
- The Career Center Orientation (ET)
The Career Center addresses a central challenge for performing arts and entertainment professionals: navigating the episodic nature of work in the industry. This orientation will help you begin to take the necessary steps to identify meaningful work that complements your life in the entertainment business.
- Are you on the Fence with Life in the Industry?
Are you wondering if pursuing a career in the performing arts and entertainment field is the best choice for you? Take the time to explore with your peers the emotional, spiritual and practical issues of continuing your entertainment industry career.
- Career Journey | Act 1: Who Am I?
Are you looking for meaningful work to support your artistic pursuits or new career options, but don’t know where to start? In this workshop you will discover what meaningful work looks like for you while developing language you can use in a resume, interview and while networking.
- Career Journey | Act 2: What Are the Possibilities?
To continue on your career journey, you will learn how to generate a possibilities list using self-assessment information from Act 1, clarify your current needs in your work life and learn how to evaluate possibilities based on who you are and what you need.
- Career Journey | Act 3: How Will I Get There?
Now that you have brainstormed potential work opportunities, how will you get there? To continue on your career journey, you will navigate labor market research resources and strategies, learn to develop your network to find people and organizations that can help and learn how to test work ideas through experience.
- Career Spotlight: Exploring Professions in Mental Health
Are you curious about exploring career options in mental health? If so, join us for this special panel discussion to hear from professionals who have a history of working in the entertainment industry and are now working in the mental health field.
- Content Creation Deep Dive Parts 1 & 2
Are you a storyteller looking to leverage your writing ability to become a content creator? Are you looking to elevate your brand online? Join us for this workshop designed to get you geared up to move your career to the next level!
- Creative Career Storytelling: Engaging Your Audience
Are you unclear on how to authentically articulate your art/work/life story when you are networking? Are you unsure how to connect the dots of your career story when juggling multiple jobs, transitioning into a new field or building your business? Discover a simple formula for telling a holistic story that captures the attention of your audience.
- Creative Classroom Symposium: The Power of Social Emotional Learning
Are you interested in knowing the difference a Teaching Artist can make in a variety of classrooms? Would you like to explore what opportunities are available as a Teaching Artist in your community? Join the Entertainment Community Fund and Keynote Speaker Sheila Scott-Wilkinson, Executive Director/Founder of Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, to learn about the impact Teaching Artists are having in the arts education world and find inspiration through creative programming that offers social emotional learning. This workshop is sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
- The Creative Entrepreneur Project Info Sessions
Our Creative Entrepreneur Project will be re-launching in the fall! Sign up for these info sessions to learn about the benefits of this program and how it can help you finalize your future business plan.
- Creativity Doesn’t Age Speaker Series
The world of work and meaningful connection for people over 50 is challenged by a number of factors at any time. The Creativity Doesn’t Age Speaker Series invites guest speakers who have knowledge and commitment to addressing strategies for our community to connect and engage in creative ways during these challenging times and beyond.
- CTFD Career Panel: Dancers on the Move
Once a dancer, always a dancer! This career panel highlights professional dancers who have developed new careers beyond performance.
- CTFD Orientation
The Entertainment Community Fund has long supported dancers in fostering stability and resiliency at every stage of their careers. Learn how The Career Center and the Career Transition for Dancers (CTFD) program can support you in navigating your life in dance and beyond with career counseling, educational scholarships, workshops, webinars and more!
- Dance Careering with Artist-in-Residence Jamal Story
Over the course of three 90-minute webinars, Artist-in-Residence Jamal Story will share his knowledge and experience in managing a varied career in dance with Career Counselor Supervisor Patch Schwadron. Each session will include a Q&A for those attending.
- Dance Professionals Across the Country: Moving Forward in 2023
After over three years of COVID, how are dancers managing around the country? What lessons have been learned about making dance more inclusive and equitable, and what is the impact are they having on local, regional and national culture and communities? What are the ever-evolving realities of how and where dance is learned, made, presented and seen?
- Designing Art-Work-Life Balance: Portfolio Careers in Action
Are you juggling the management of multiple income streams while pursuing your creative career? Join us for this webinar and learn how to effectively build your portfolio career.
- Exploring Temp Work Possibilities
Temp work is not limited to administrative tasks in the office—it can include writing, project management, working events and more—and many assignments can be done remotely. So, if you’re interested in exploring potential temporary job opportunities, please join our diverse group of Temp Professional Experts for a robust discussion on finding and securing temporary employment.
- Getting Unstuck - How to Navigate Career Change
Performing arts and entertainment professionals often experience a myriad of transitions in their careers. This can lead to stress, burn-out and/or feelings of being stuck.
This career support group is specifically designed to help performing arts and entertainment professionals identify thoughts that can help you move forward in your career, develop actionable steps to get unstuck in your career and process feelings related to career change.- Industry Spotlight: Caring With Excellence
Did you know that companion care jobs are expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations over the next decade? Join us for an interactive discussion on the companion caregiving field as we highlight and explore job opportunities, application guidelines, descriptions of work roles, desirable transferable skills, industry trends, work schedules and more!
- Interactive How-To: AI and Lesson Planning for Educators
Are you familiar with how AI tools can support you in planning engaging lessons for your students? Join us as we welcome Arts Education Consultant and Coach Sandy Seufert to provide applicable information when using AI as an educator.
- Introduction to Portfolio Careers: Improving Your Art-Work-Life Balance
Are you pursuing a creative career, but struggling with burnout because your attention is pulled in too many directions? Do you wish there was a way to curate your career, so that you could feel more fulfilled and/or juggle multiple income streams more effectively? If so, please join us for Introduction to Portfolio Careers.
- Job Search If Your Industry Work Is On Pause
This 90-minute workshop focuses on short-term and long-term career strategies and the setting of manageable goals, with an emphasis on what you can control during an unpredictable time.
- Job Search Seminar | Unit 1: Personal Branding
Today’s employment climate is more competitive than ever and there are many people out there competing for the best jobs available. As a result, the first step to a successful job search is to effectively communicate your talent and skillset to hiring managers. During this workshop, you will start to set yourself apart from the rest of the competition by clarifying and beginning to craft your personal brand.
- Job Search Seminar | Unit 2: Networking
Networking is considered the most important tool in your job search tool kit, yet it can feel intimidating and overwhelming. During this seminar we will discuss how to strengthen and develop connections through networking and the best practices of networking towards success.
- Job Search Seminar | Unit 3: Job Application Materials
Sometimes online job applications and job boards can feel like a black hole. However, there are some best practices that can help you navigate submitting job applications. In this seminar, we will review the process of crafting targeted cover letters, resumes and job applications with a specific focus on what the job seeker can control within this process.
- Job Search Seminar | Unit 4: Job Interviewing
It’s a fact: better interviewers get better job offers. However, the process of interviewing can be intimidating. The key to doing well in an interview is to fully prepare and to practice. During this seminar, you will learn about interview strategy, different types of interviews and effective ways to answer some common interview questions.
- Musicians Career Management Group
Musicians and music industry professionals often experience stress, burn-out and/or feelings of frustration while navigating the unpredictable nature of their careers. This group invites participants to talk about their thoughts, feelings and experiences working in music, to build support with their peers and to identify self-care strategies. Also, guest experts will share information and tips on aspects of the industry.
- Resume Writing Act 1 Workshop
Are you unsure of why you should be creating one or more resumes right now? Or what you should put on your resume? This workshop reviews chronological and functional resume trends and norms for diverse employment opportunities.
- Resume Writing Act 2 Workshop
In the second part of the Resume Writing Workshop Series, you will bring a draft of your resume and get feedback in a supportive environment. You will also learn how to target your resume for a specific job by including key words from a job description.