A Wrong Practice in Third World Countries

In some parts of the globe, particularly in thirdcorporate sector. As a matter of fact, on many
world countries, the corporate world takes theoccasions, one can notice that the workers of
aspiring and working individuals of entertainmententertainment industry are more devoted than
industry as non-serious people. Not only thethe human resource in the corporate world. One
aspiring and working individuals of entertainmentcan understand this by looking at the fact that a
industry are regarded as non-serious people, butworking individual of corporate sector can
the industry itself does not have any recognitionrelatively easily take any day off leaving the task
in the chambers of commerce. The reason foror tasks of that particular day to be taken care
that can be attributed to the poor performanceby their colleague(s). This is certainly not the case
of the entertainment industry in those globalwith an entertainment industry worker as no
regions. Whatever the cause(s), it gets verymatter what happens they have to be present,
difficult for the workers of entertainment industryworking on the important days of the projects.
to prove themselves as dedicated people and getThey can’t take the day-off that easily
a better job in the corporate sector at timesbecause almost all the time they are the only
when they are out of work due to the lowperson with the set of skills or talents to be
number of the industry projects at any time of aperformed for the projects. Often it happens and
year. Consequently, the workers have to dothe entertainment industry professionals always
low-pay jobs and live their lives below the livingprove themselves as very serious and devoted
standards they actually deserve or qualify.workers towards their assigned tasks.
Unlike what happens in the third world countries,Let’s take screenwriters for example. A
aspiring and working individuals of thescreenwriter is a very knowledgeable person and
entertainment industry are considered dedicatedgiven priority for various different writing jobs in
people and the industry itself is recognized in thethe corporate sector of developed countries. As a
commercial circles of developed countries. Onematter of fact, many top performing corporations
can say that this is because of the great revenueof the world including Microsoft Corporation
that is generated by the industry in thoseregularly send their entire creative staffs to the
countries. No doubt this is the main reason of thelectures of a working screenwriter Robert McKee,
difference, but this is no reason the aspiring andwho is also a screenwriting coach at a famous
working individuals of the entertainment industrybrick-and-mortar university of the United States
of third world countries should be underestimatedof America and the author of some of the best
and given no-to-few job opportunities in theknown books on the topic of story and
corporate world. This unfair practice needs to bestorytelling.
changed in third world countries if they want toSo, anybody who calls themselves an individual
bring fresh perspectives to their corporate sectorwith the working experience of the entertainment
for good.industry, a screenwriter for example, is worth
Yes, corporate sector of third world countriescalling for an interview for an important job in the
needs to understand that the people who workcorporate sector.
for the projects of entertainment industry areCopyright (C) 2007-2008 M.d Tabish Faraz.
just as dedicated people as those working in the