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"   What qualifications will you need? There are no degree courses in &amp;#039;how to become a TV presenter.&amp;#039; There is no &amp;#039;normal&amp;#039; route into presenting. Media Studies courses and journalism degrees are certainly worth doing and do help but don&amp;#039;t expect to qualify and bag your dream job straight away. I had little experience in television, I had been in a girl band for 2 years from the age of 15 and had got &amp;#039;the bug&amp;#039; for telly. When the group ended, I immediately knew that I wanted to pursue a TV career. I didn&amp;#039;t have a clue where to start but picked up the phone, dialled directory enquiries and asked for the &amp;#039;BBC&amp;#039;s number please&amp;#039;. The rest is history! (Ironically, I&amp;#039;ve never actually worked for the Beeb to date.) I had a vision, I was tenacious and I knew what I wanted to do. I took advice; I was (and still am) like a sponge seeking and taking advice. I got a job reporting for a cable channel on a kids&amp;#039; show and learnt more about research, script writing and editing whilst working there. It&amp;#039;s increasingly important to be multi skilled. So as well chasing your presenting dreams, find other routes into TV, such as being a runner, and get an overview of the whole industry whilst working your way up. You are likely to be offered in-house training in production and you&amp;#039;ll be able keep your ear out for presenting opportunities for newbies. I&amp;#039;ve seen colleagues get presenting jobs this way. Working in production gives you an advantage as a presenter because you understand how it all works and your added knowledge will be a bonus.  There are presenting courses that offer a day&amp;#039;s training with industry professionals. They&amp;#039;ll give you a taste of what it&amp;#039;s like to be in front of the camera and introduce you to the basic skills. \u00A3350 - \u00A3400 is a reasonable price for one-day courses. Make sure you pick a course that includes a show-reel \u2013 this is vital for showing future employers. Click on to find out more about showreels   The TV interview process Every presenter needs a showreel. This is your CV and should showcase your personality and sum you up in the first 30 seconds. (An executive producer may not have time to watch the whole thing.) It should be no more than three minutes long and should ideally show you in a variety of set ups, styles and genres. You don&amp;#039;t need a snazzy, brilliantly edited reel, a homemade one is just as good if it shows you in your best and truest light. Know what kind of show you&amp;#039;d like to present. Have a vision and have an example in your head, it shows you&amp;#039;ve thought about it.  If you&amp;#039;re asked to do a screentest, make sure you prepare as well as you can before. (Don&amp;#039;t try blagging it \u2013 the producers will know!) Ask if there&amp;#039;s a script, how long you&amp;#039;ll be in for and always research the channel or show prior to the audition day. If you find something relevant, mention it. You&amp;#039;ll look well prepared and you will definitely make a positive impression. Finally, make sure you&amp;#039;re on time. Lateness will not go down well! NEED MORE INTERVIEW ADVICE? CLICK HERE FOR MORE TIPS As long as you feel you&amp;#039;ve done your very best, then be proud. Try not to sit by the phone/email for an answer as to whether you&amp;#039;ve got the job. Rejection and how you deal with it really does sort the men from the boys with presenters and it&amp;#039;s important you don&amp;#039;t take a &amp;#039;no&amp;#039; badly. It is rarely personal. Learn from it and move on to the next opportunity. From every 100 &amp;#039;no&amp;#039;s&amp;#039; I got, the thrill of getting even the vaguest &amp;#039;yes&amp;#039; was SO worth it. What to expect There&amp;#039;ll be long unsociable hours with little notice at times. The pay can be quite low and you can get hired and then fired again within minute. It is also fiercely competitive. On the plus side, the people in telly are brilliant. They&amp;#039;re great, I couldn&amp;#039;t be in any other job. The industry is so vibrant and exciting, it&amp;#039;s unpredictable and forever changing. If you can hack the pace and emotional rollercoaster that comes with being a presenter at times, then welcome to the gang! It&amp;#039;s the best job in the world, and I&amp;#039;m grateful every day. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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