Jobs in a jobless market...

So I started looking for another job today. I work part time at Central Utah Gardens which is sweet and for the past couple months I have been also working on projects for school (school=free work for BYU). I have gained some very valuable experience however. The senior project and the multiple short docs that I have worked on for KBYU are valuable experience. While working at the gardens we were approached by Comcast advertising to do a commercial. They gave us a great rate and we obliged and then they gave us the script. It was terrible. Really bad. I knew that I could do better and so I did. I directed, produced, shot and edited these two spots for free pretty much because I just wanted to do better than Comcast. The result was that Comcast liked what I did and was impressed and today when I sent the final version of the commercial to the production manager I called him and asked for part-time work as well. He didn't answer and so I left a message which he immediately called me back. Corporate has made HUGE cutbacks and so the department has left the clients who spend less than $2000 a month with not great scripts and short shooting schedules. Because of this cutback, small commercials have been but way back. There is a huge pool of them that are not getting the attention they deserve. This is where I step in. Comcast would hire me as a freelance and send me to this pool (conveniently enough most of them live in Utah Valley) and I would give them the attention that they need. I get a nice slice of the pie and Comcast gets that pool again. This also gives me a chance to work in film for the rest of the summer, at least a bit. Nothing is certain, but they were quite excited to have me help out. I will give it a try and if it can pay enough and be frequent enough without too much stress, I could end up working like this for a bit. Today I am also talking to Ch 5 and Ch 2 about what work they have and am going to talk to BYUB and KBYU about work there. Despite the cutbacks and the supposed "jobless economy" I see work in my field, though unstable right now, proliferating. Neat, huh?