RobNJ73

The few times I've been on the hiring side of things, I've noticed that no matter where we advertised, only a fraction of the respondents met what we listed as the minimum requirements for whatever position it happened to be... if we were looking for a character animator at the time, I'd have to sift through 15 modeling reels before I found an animator's reel. I think it's really just the nature of the beast when it comes to want ads... people don't read. They see "we're hiring", and send in their info.

On the flip side, when I've been looking for work, I've been most successful when sending out my resume and reel to everyone, everywhere... even the positions I thought at first I had no chance for/wasn't qualified for. Every bit of job search advice I read said the same thing. Heck, I wouldn't have my current job if it wasn't for this approach.