Several years of prior experience as an intern or volunteer at a talent agency is helpful. This experience provides an advantage when it comes to landing a job.
It is most important to be willing to work hard and aggressively pursue opportunities for clients. Talent agents and scouts should have a good head for business; contract work requires meticulous attention to detail. They also need a great deal of self-motivation and ambition to develop good contacts in industries that may be difficult to break into. Successful agents and scouts are comfortable talking with all kinds of people and are able to develop relationships easily. It helps to be a good general conversationalist in addition to being knowledgeable about the field in which they specialize.
- Actors
- Aerobics Instructors and Fitness Trainers
- Animators
- Art Directors
- Artist and Repertoire Workers
- Artists
- Athletic Directors
- Audio Recording Engineers
- Augmented Reality Developers
- Bicycle Mechanics
- Bloggers
- Book Conservators
- Book Editors
- Broadcast Engineers
- Camera Operators
- Cartoonists
- Choreographers
- Cinematographers and Directors of Photography
- Circus Performers
- Clowns
- Columnists
- Comedians
- Comic Book Writers
- Composers and Arrangers
- Computer and Video Game Designers
- Content Management Specialists
- Copy Editors
- Copywriters
- Costume Designers
- Dance Instructors
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Dancers
- Desktop Publishing Specialists
- Diet and Fitness Writers
- Digital Agents
- Disc Jockeys
- Editorial Assistants
- Editorial Research Assistants
- Editors
- E-Sports Coaches
- E-Sports Professionals
- Exercise Physiologists
- Fashion Illustrators
- Fashion Writers and Editors
- Film and Television Directors
- Film and Television Editors
- Film and Television Extras
- Film and Television Producers
- Film and Video Librarians
- Fitness Directors
- Food Photographers
- Food Writers and Editors
- Foreign Correspondents
- Graphic Designers
- Graphics Programmers
- Health Club Owners and Managers
- Illustrators
- Indexers
- Intellectual Property Lawyers
- Internet Content Curators
- Internet Developers
- Interpreters
- Jockeys
- Lexicographers
- Lighting Technicians
- Literary Agents
- Magazine Editors
- Magicians
- Makeup Artists
- Motion Graphics Artists
- Multimedia Artists and Animators
- Multimedia Sound Workers
- Music Agents and Scouts
- Music Conductors and Directors
- Music Journalists
- Music Producers
- Music Venue Owners and Managers
- Music Video Directors and Producers
- Music Video Editors
- Musicians
- News Anchors
- Newspaper Editors
- Non-Fungible Token Artists
- Online Journalists
- Online Producers
- Personal Trainers
- Photo Editors
- Photographers
- Photojournalists
- Playwrights
- Podcasters
- Political Reporters
- Pop/Rock Musicians
- Prepress Workers
- Production Assistants
- Production Designers and Art Directors
- Professional Athletes, Individual Sports
- Professional Athletes, Team Sports
- Publicists
- Race Car Drivers
- Radio and Television Announcers
- Radio and Television Program Directors
- Radio Producers
- Real Estate Writers
- Real-Time Captioners
- Recreation Workers
- Reporters
- Science and Medical Writers
- Screenwriters
- Show Runners
- Singers
- Ski Resort Workers
- Social Media Workers
- Songwriters
- Special and Visual Effects Technicians
- Sports Agents
- Sports Broadcasters and Announcers
- Sports Engineers
- Sports Equipment Managers
- Sports Executives
- Sports Facility Managers
- Sports Instructors and Coaches
- Sports Photographers
- Sports Physicians
- Sports Psychologists
- Sports Publicists
- Sports Scouts
- Sports Trainers
- Sportswriters
- Stadium Ushers and Vendors
- Stage Directors
- Stage Managers
- Stage Production Workers
- Strength and Conditioning Coaches
- Stunt Performers
- Technical Writers and Editors
- Theater Managers
- Translators
- Typists and Word Processors
- Umpires and Referees
- Video Game Art Directors
- Video Game Producers
- Video Game Testers
- Webmasters
- Writers