[SML] Come work with me - TD opening

[Jeffrey Kanyuck]

Yes, We are absolutely finding it extremely difficult to find people to fill our part time and full time positions.
Our positions are Theater Technician, Arena Overhire, Technical Manager and Festival Theater Managing Director.
Being a college it has been extremely difficult to get HR to budge on the budget for increasing wages to be able to pull someone in.
We have had the Technical Manager position open now for the 4th search and each time we get only one or two applicants and not with the requirements we need. Part of it I am sure is when HR lists the jobs in job websites they don't even post the wage range. For our Theater Technician job we pay starting at minimum wage and no benies. Even McDs down the road is offering benefits with a starting wage higher.
They keep telling me, "you can hire newbies and train them how you want them." At this point I am so low on crew I don't have time to train !!

Jeff Kanuck

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Chip,
I hope you find a great new coworker.
I will tell you, we've been trying to hire folks for significantly more salary, and are having a very difficult time finding good applicants.
Even our local highschools are paying more than $50k now.
People are making such good money freelancing (at least the skilled ones), that a Fulltime job paying less than $75k is very hard to fill.

Is anyone else finding it especially hard to fill full-time positions?


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Subject: [SML] Come work with me - TD opening

The School of Theatre at the University of North Carolina Greensboro is looking for a staff Technical Director, to start January 2023. We are a large program (300+) majors with a BFA in Design & Technical Production and a MFA in Design, as well as BFA tracks in Acting, Musical Theatre, and Theatre Education and a BA in Theatre. We produce 7-8 shows each year, including two musicals and a touring TYP production. You will be working with a full-time scene studio supervisor in a well equipped scenery studio
This is a 12 month, non-exempt staff position, salary range of $47,000-$50,000 with full benefits.
To see the full position description and/or to apply, go to the the UNCG HR website (https://spartantalent.uncg.edu/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Fspartantalent.uncg.edu%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2Z_EB2Od2xmwtYbpzI23fg46Zt4Mxu0ipYn8vopAFvY2YMPdoX1sEWOYk__%3B!!J_x18tFw!KC_Vk2DIL2nEObrOTygupXZLN1j0gxw65YNC9jDz_7HGRyxztoCIKC94nWvbiMFQuY1coWkgsXetSJt3gzP9E_weFohhcg%24&data=05%7C01%7CJKanyuck%40harford.edu%7C26bf0ba6ac954296eb2308dab1e43a26%7C756eb95a68e14b7a9607685e1277368e%7C1%7C0%7C638017891042453142%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XVD2zYSs9Bi9ZWHlNGPX%2FgwQkSbaFmCcALn3%2F23Co6c%3D&reserved=0>) and search for Position #998294. Applications will be accepted until November 4.
Chip
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Chip Haas

Production Manager / Technical Director
School of Theatre
College of Visual and Performing Arts
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

336-334-3891
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Proud Journeyman with IATSE Local 635
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