Resources for career seekers
Unlock your potential and explore your new career.
career EXPOSURE & engagement, experience
Identify interests, skills, and career possibilities through self-assessments and research. Build awareness of career opportunities through guest speakers, online platforms, and master classes. Gather all this information to find a career that is best fit for you!
Gladeo Careers
Creative Careers Online is part of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture's Creative Career Pathways for Youth program. The program is part of the Cultural Equity & Inclusion Initiative (CEII), and is guided by research in Building Creative Career Pathways for Youth: A Field Scan for LA County. The program focuses on building pathways for youth who have historically experienced barriers to employment and are often unaware of creative careers, earning potential, arts education programs, and work-based learning opportunities. This program aims to reduce barriers and change perceptions, ensuring all youth have equitable access to creative jobs and careers in LA County.
Elevate Art Worx for LA
We, at artworxLA, have interviewed and identified the organizations that make up Elevate’s ecosystem, or pathway. Building our knowledge amplifies our collective impact in connecting with LA’s opportunity youth. This means understanding what each sector brings to the pathway and how they support our students.
California Film Commission
In these Career Readiness Panels, learn from industry professionals (including below the line department heads and crew) as they provide masterclass presentations and skills-based demonstrations.
I Get Paid For This
In this series, entertainment professionals answer informative questions about their job such as: what does a typical day look like? What is your journey to your current position? What do you love about your job? What advice would you give to others interested in pursuing a similar path?
Lucas Films | Get in the Door
Imagine this site as your portal of career possibilities — a digital hallway of doors to discovering the job of your dreams in Visual Effects [VFX], Sound, or Virtual Reality [VR]. But how do you figure out which door is right for you? How did someone else do it? And what can you do to get there?
Explore Get in the Door, a documentary series created by Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and ILMxLAB featuring the stories of employees across a myriad of disciplines. Learn how they got started, achieved their goals, and most importantly, how you can turn your creativity into a career too.
Community Programs Hub
You’ve done your research and Interested in joining a union? There are a range of union approved training programs that facilitate essential set etiquette training, industry and labor union fundamentals, safety courses and certification. Programs offer craft-specific skills training and work-based simulations.
Studios & Production Companies
Explore internship, fellowships, and traineeship opportunities offered by our employer partners across the arts, media, and entertainment industry.
Union Approved Training Programs
Interested in joining a union or learning about the different union crafts? There are a range of union approved training programs that facilitate essential set etiquette training, industry and labor union fundamentals, safety courses and certification. Programs offer craft-specific skills training and work-based simulations.
Registered Apprenticeship Programs
Registered Apprenticeship combines on-the-job training with mentorship and job-related academic instruction in a curriculum aligned with a specific career pathway. Eligible candidates will have the opportunity to receive:
6 months and a day (minimum) of paid on-the-job training in a specific occupation
144 hours of related supplemental instruction (RSI)
12 months of mentorship
Official certificate of completion that is often viewed as an alternative to a college degree