HELPFUL TIPS WHILE BUILDING YOUR RESUME & USING THE TEMPLATE - Phone Number and Links

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by James

Guidance for building an acting resume using a provided Basic Acting | Resume Template, including practical wording and formatting advice. The content explains how to choose professional email addresses, when and why to include a phone number for casting directors, and what personal websites or actor-focused platforms can be used. It also covers including external links in PDFs, plus steps for creating clean hyperlinks so addresses remain readable when printed or submitted digitally.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages3

Reading Time8 min

AccessFree to download

Professional Emails

Phone Number Inclusion

Personal Websites

Including Links and Creating Hyperlinks

HELPFUL TIPS WHILE BUILDING YOUR RESUME & USING THE TEMPLATE I left my own personal experience and titles in my resume so you can have more examples to go off of. I’ve provided a few tips and answers to some questions you may have as you type up your own resume with the Basic Acting | Resume Template provided. ● Professional Emails: gmails are quick and easy to make, and free. If your email address is [pinkfluffykittens@yahoo.com](pinkfluffykittens@yahoo.com) or [g3trichfast54@hotmail.com](g3trichfast54@hotmail.com) or even [janedoe1990@earthlink.net](janedoe1990@earthlink.net), those are not the most professional email addresses. In general, you want to make your email as straightforward and easy to remember, in accordance to your acting/performing arts business. ○ [For example:](For example: janedoeacting@earthlink.net)[ ](For example: janedoeacting@earthlink.net)[janedoeacting@earthlink.net](For example: janedoeacting@earthlink.net) is a more professional option. [janedoe_actress@gmail.com](janedoe_actress@gmail.com) is also an acceptable option. Try to avoid random numbers, including birth years. DEFINITELY AVOID anything other than your name or business, such as the first two bad examples in the first bullet-point. ● Do I have to include my phone number?: I strongly advise you to include one. Your job is to make sure you are easy to contact, especially by the casting director. Casting directors want to make sure you are a real person, and not spammy, and sometimes want to be able to just call you over the phone, just to test out your professionality. Having a phone number on your resume designed for casting call submissions is a good idea. Be wary of including your phone number on a personal website; however, if you do, consider a business-dedicated phone number. ● Personal Websites: These can be made without a fancy “domain name,” which is the address for the website (i.e., I purchased the “domain name”[www.emmapaunil.com](www.emmapaunil.com)). I recommend eventually investing in getting your own website if you are seriously considering your acting career. However, acting-dedicated social media sites, linked-in pages, IMDb links (basically an acting specific online database), or “Actor’s Access” profile is also acceptable. ● Including Links: Pdf documents can still connect to external website links! With the digital age, this makes for a convenient way to include website links. However, if your resume is to be printed, make sure you have a resume version COPYRIGHT | © Emma Paunil LLC 2020 that actually displays the entire web address for the link so that it can be typed. More often than not, however, the resume is now nearly 100% digital (i.e. even when the casting director asks for a printed resume, they tend to also ask for a digital copy) . ○ How do I make my link so it doesn’t look like I slammed my face into the keyboard on my resume? For example,[www.imdb.com/alsl100dfao42ieo/iha](www.imdb.com/alsl100dfao42ieo/iha) 1. Highlight the text to which you would like to add your link. 2. Right click the highlighted text and select the “Link” option. COPYRIGHT | © Emma Paunil LLC 2020 3. A you will then be able to put in your hyperlink (either type or paste) . You can do this through nearly all Microsoft or Google softwares (Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Gmail, etc.) and the directions will all be similar. COPYRIGHT | © Emma Paunil LLC 2020

FAQs

What makes an email address professional for an acting resume?

Avoid random numbers, such as birth years, and prefer something straightforward using your name or acting/business identity. Examples in the text include janedoeacting@earthlink.net and acceptable formats like janedoe_actress@gmail.com.

Should you include your phone number on a resume?

Yes. The document strongly advises including a phone number to make you easy to contact for casting directors and to help avoid spam concerns.

How can you include website links in a resume PDF?

PDF resumes can connect to external links. If the resume may be printed, ensure the full web address displays so it can be typed, and use hyperlink creation steps by highlighting text, right-clicking, selecting “Link,” and inserting a hyperlink.

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by James