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Advanced Casting/Job Search -- Customize and Personalize Your Search!

Castingyoucantrust_clapboardseal_wi To run an Advanced Casting/Job Search -- to filter the casting/job notices by location, job category, character age-range, character-ethnicity, character gender, pay ranges, keywords, etc. -- visit http://tinyurl.com/AdvancedCastingJobSearch.

Search Tips:

To search for casting notices, click on one of the BackStage.com toolbar links labeled "Search Casting" or "Search Notices," or visit the Actor's Toolbox page located in the casting area of BackStage.com. The Actor's toolbox features links to advanced casting and résumé tools, and on the right-hand side of the Actor's Toolbox page there's a Simple Casting Search box for your convenience.

In the casting search-engine area of BackStage.com, you can fill out as much or as little search criteria as you'd like. The more details you enter, the more refined your search will be; the less you enter, the more results you'll see.

Advanced Search Filters:

To access the Advanced Casting/Job Search options, click on one of the "Advanced Search" links available in the Casting Search are of BackStage.com, or go directly to http://tinyurl.com/AdvancedCastingJobSearch.

If you choose a lot of search filters your results will be very limited, but also very personalized to fit your needs. On the other hand, if you don't choose any search filters and/or if you choose all of the ranges of filter options (all categories, all regions, all pay ranges, etc.), then you'll get to see every single notice on BackStage.com as soon as you click "Run Search Now."

We recommend trying broad searches at first -- only choosing a few search filters -- before experimenting with more detailed and specific searches. That way you'll always get the most results possible. For instance, before running a more advanced search, try selecting only Casting/Job  Categories from the Categories list on the search page; leave all of the other search-filter fields blank; then click "Run Search Now."

That way you'll see all of the current casting/job notices available in all of the categories you've selected.

Choose_advanced_search_casting_jo_3But once you've gotten used to running searches on BackStage.com, you'll want to personalize your searches more by choosing such Advanced Search options such as the Geographic Location, Pay Range, Character Age Range, Character Ethnicity, and Character Gender search filters. You can use any combination and range of filters you'd like!

After running a search you'll see a detailed list of all of the current casting/job noticesthat match your search criteria.  You can then open the notices that look interesting to you by clicking the the hyperlinked Project Title for each the notice or the View/Eye button or "More" link located next to each of the search results.
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-- -- Luke Crowe, National Casting Editor, Back Stage

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