Making the Most of Slow Work Periods to Make a Career Pivot | Malinda Zehner Guerra

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Ep233: [CASE STUDY] How to Make the Most of Slow Work Periods and Make a Career Pivot | with Malinda Zehner Guerra
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Today's guest is Malinda Zehner Guerra who is an Emmy nominated film and TV editor. She is also a long time Optimizer OG since the pre-pandemic days. Malinda has over 15 years of experience cutting a variety of genres on such shows as Shark Week, Naked & Afraid, and A Black Lady Sketch Show for which she has earned her 4th Emmy nomination. But what led to her interview today is her unusual story of transitioning from working on unscripted shows to doing scripted and eventually landing her dream job in one of the top level scripted shows on TV. Malinda shares how she said 'no' to an opportunity to transition to scripted as an assistant editor, why she decided to turn down the offer, and what she did instead. She also shares how she made the most of her downtime during the pandemic by going through the Optimizer program to help in her transition to scripted.
In this student case study, not only will you learn about the steps you can take to help you make a career transition, you will also learn the important mindset and relevant skills you need that goes beyond the technical aspect of your resume. I highly recommend that you listen to this Optimizer student case study to give you a better understanding of what you need to do to make your own career shift.
[CHAPTERS]
00:03:01 | Should I go back to assisting when making a career transition?
00:11:42 | Where Malinda was coming from before she made the transition
00:20:49 | What Malinda did to get a meeting with one of the best known editor in scripted TV
00:25:34 | Connecting their journey to yours
00:29:54 | The exercise Malinda went through as an Optimizer
00:34:46 | How not to be pigeonholed
00:38:14 | Who are you to say no?! You should be lucky to have this offer!
00:41:28 | Going through the fear of "What if" and having the courage to say 'no'
00:46:34 | How it actually happened for Malinda to land a job at a top level scripted show
01:02:18 | How Malinda addressed the elephant in the room: not having enough scripted credits
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