When attempting to build a career in the film industry, it is incredibly important to join a professional organization designed to serve people in your profession.
Regardless of where you stand on unionization, there are professional organizations and unions that protect the worker and help them get ahead in their career field. Today, many unions are more akin to social networking services than to teamsters.
Also, the union today is run by people who have worked their way up the corporate ladder, and are interested in helping others to do so.
In the world of media and film, joining a professional organization is almost always required. To be an actor, director, radio personality, or television star requires that you join an organization in order to be eligible for hire.
Organizations such as: The International Federation of Actors (FIA), the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), as well as smaller organizations such as the Voice Acting Alliance can help you understand how to build your career in theses fields, and some even offer online forums where you can write people in the industry for advice.
So, to sum it all up: joining a union can help educate you on how to get into your field of interest; it can build your career by making jobs available to you; and it can get you in touch with people in the industry, which leads to more jobs.
Here is a list of resources to help build an understanding about what a union is:
Example of a forum where you can ask experts for help.
All other information comes from the hyperlinks provided above.
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