Some tips on filling in your resume

1. E-mail:

   This is vital, as it is a means for both us and employers to contact you. Should you change your e-mail address change please change it in your online profile. You need to use your email as your login to access the site.

2. password:

   Choose your own. It must be at least 5 characters. It is case sensitive so remember where you have put upper and lower case characters. You can change it whenever you want by deleting your current choice and typing in something new then clicking update at the bottom of the form.

3. Sex:

   This is only used if, for example, somebody needs a male vocalist or a female vocalist, or a member of an all female/all male band.

4. Address:

   This is confidential and does not appear on your profile. It is simply for our records.

5. Phone numbers:

   In most cases employers will contact you by phone. You can choose whether your contact numbers are visible or hidden. If you choose to keep them hidden the following message appears on your profile, For contact numbers please contact UK Music Jobs and we will pass on your numbers.

6. Primary and Secondary Employment:

   These are your two main areas in which you would most like to work. (You can, if you prefer, list a primary job type and leave the secondary job type blank.) These are displayed alongside your name when employers run the searches. This provides employers with a quick and easy method of distinguishing an employment seeker's main area of work. (N.B. In addition to selecting these you MUST tick the job types, as it is from these that the searches are run, not the Primary and Secondary job types). For further information see Job Types below.

7. Job Types:

   You can tick more than one job type, but we ask that you fill in your main two job types (see Primary and Secondary job types above). It is from these that searches are run. Several job types may be applicable (e.g. Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Artist Manager). Select the job types most suitable to you. You can choose a maximum of four.

8. Musical Style:

   Select as many as are relevant to you. They apply to musicians and other professionals. For example a company may be looking for an A&R Co-ordinator with a background in classical music.

9. Instrument:

   Select those you are competent in and would like to work with.

10. Languages:

    These are the most commonly asked for languages. Tick as many as you can communicate effectively in.

11. Work Permits/Visas:

    If you are legally entitled to work in these countries/areas tick here.

12. About Me:

    This section is for you to promote yourself to employers. You might wish to emphasise certain career experience, or lay down your intended career path. Really, it's a means for an employer to tell what you've done and what you're hoping to do, and for you to communicate your objectives.

13. Credits/Employment History:

    There is a limit of 4,000 characters (approx. 1.5 sides of A4) in this field. (You can upload a Word version of your profile which can be of any length and would include your personalised formatting - see Help page when you're logged in.) As with the About Me section, you have free rein over what you write. Here are a couple of suggestions... but they are by no means absolute, as different people have different approaches... If you're very experienced and have many credits you might not wish to go into too much detail about each particular employment situation/project. If you're more junior you might wish to write a few sentences on each employment - what it was, and what your role involved. If you have no specific project credits, put in your other work experience, and in your About Me section explain how the skills you have acquired can translate from one industry to the Music industry. A snippet taken from the top of your credits section is displayed next to your name in the profile search results - click on Search on the menu bar to see how employers search and how we list profiles.