Inside VFX Recruitment, with Global Head of Talent at Crafty Apes, Melissa Blakey | TVAP EP53

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Inside VFX Recruitment with Melissa Blakey, Global Head of Talent at Crafty Apes | TVAP EP53 (P-1)
For many VFX Recruitment is a bit of a black box - we send off our reels and CV and then hope for the best. This week we go behind the curtain with Crafty Apes, Global Head of talent, Melissa Blakey.
We cover Melissa's own fascinating career - she started working on-set before moving into post and then worked for almost 20 years in VFX Production before moving into Recruitment! We discuss why she decided a career on set was not for her and start to unpick the way recruiters and VFX houses select candidates.
Next we laser in on her best practices for candidates as well as the Crafty Apes philosophy for hiring and retaining staff.
WFH resumes, showreel interviews, changing departments we will be discussing all this and more.
Unusually for many VFX Houses, Crafty Apes tends to focus on Generalists and on permanent positions so we go into what that means in a market largely dominated by specialists and freelancing.

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1. Inside VFX Recruitment, with Global Head of Talent at Crafty Apes, Melissa Blakey | TVAP EP53 (00:00:00)

2. VFX Community is like a family (00:06:52)

3. Producing vs Recruiting - The List (00:15:26)

4. The importance of reputation and word of mouth (00:19:37)

5. Three imaginary candidates - Junior (00:27:00)

6. Mid-Level Artist changing departments (00:30:22)

7. Three imaginary candidates - Senior (00:33:18)

8. We believe in this community (00:43:49)

9. Work from home and remote interviews (00:52:21)

10. How important are interviews? (00:55:57)

11. Resumes/CVs (00:58:08)