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🎭 Top 10 Resume Mistakes That Can Hold Your Young Performer Back

When your child starts booking credits and building their IMDb profile, it’s exciting — but a professional resume can make or break how casting directors see them. Small formatting or content errors can send the wrong message, even when your child has real talent and experience.

1. Not Updating Credits After Festival Wins or IMDb Listings

Many parents forget to refresh the resume after their child earns new IMDb credits or festival awards. Keeping those achievements current — and listed correctly — helps showcase momentum and signals to casting professionals that your child is active and recognized in the industry.

2. Listing Extra Work (Background Roles) as Speaking Roles

Never inflate credits. Casting professionals can spot this immediately, and it damages credibility faster than anything else.

3. Using Unprofessional Formatting

Centered text, odd fonts, and cluttered layouts make a resume look amateur. Stick to clean, left-aligned formatting and easy-to-read fonts.

4. Including Irrelevant School or Hobby Activities

Unless it supports performance skills (like dance, music, or stage work), skip it. Keep the focus on experience that serves your child’s acting goals.

5. Forgetting to Match Resume Details to Casting Profiles

If your online casting site and printed resume don’t match, casting teams will question accuracy — and might skip over your child altogether.

6. Leaving Out Current Training

List ongoing or recent classes, especially with recognizable instructors. This signals that your child is actively improving their craft.

7. Using Outdated Measurements or Personal Details

Casting directors rely on accurate, up-to-date information. If your child’s age, height, or other key details have changed and aren’t reflected on the resume, it can create confusion or make the submission look neglected. Keep all stats current and consistent with your child’s casting profiles.

8. Failing to Separate Acting and Voice-Over Work

These should have distinct sections (or even separate resumes). It helps casting directors quickly find what they’re looking for.

9. Ignoring Special Skills

Special skills often book jobs! Highlight relevant ones like dance styles, athletic abilities, martial arts, languages, accents, or musical instruments — anything that helps your child stand out from the crowd.

10. Forgetting to Proofread

Typos, inconsistent spacing, or misspelled names can instantly make an otherwise strong resume look careless. Always triple-check before submitting.

A polished resume tells casting teams your child — and you — are professional and ready for bigger opportunities.
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