| It's understandable that in today's tough economy, | | | | interviews. And you guessed it, podcast producers will |
| many people are re-evaluating their career choice. | | | | always need interviewers. |
| There are many industries, like auto companies, laying | | | | 2) Video Games - Every 18 year old boy has an |
| off hundreds, and even thousands of employees. The | | | | XBOX or Playstation (or wants one). There is a lot of |
| rush to retrain worker skills is on. Now more than ever, | | | | money to be made in the video game industry. And |
| American's are retraining for other lines of work, so | | | | with that payoff, video game makers need creative |
| that they can find more stable and satisfying work. | | | | talents working on their next big hit. There are |
| There are so many options when it comes to making | | | | thousands of opportunities for recording voices in |
| a career change. If you\'re looking for a fast moving, | | | | up-and-coming video game titles. |
| and up-and-coming career choice, you may want to | | | | 3) Corporate Interviewing - Many companies use audio |
| consider becoming a voice over talent. Although | | | | interviews for training purposes, or for recording the |
| becoming a voice over talent may not be for | | | | history of their company. Recording corporate |
| everyone, the start up costs are low, and there is | | | | interviews can become a very lucrative business for |
| great potential for a side income that to many is good | | | | someone comfortable talking one-on-one. |
| news. | | | | 4) Web Site Audio - Talking web sites are gaining |
| Voice over talents provide their recorded voices to | | | | popularity. Web designers hire hundreds of voice over |
| projects like movie trailers, video games, and radio and | | | | talents for their web sites every year. These voice |
| TV commercials. Years ago, voice talents would have | | | | clips can be used from everything from audio |
| to drive to the larger cities to record their voices for | | | | welcome messages to captcha audio. |
| agencies, and other clients. Today, the cost of owning | | | | 5) Voice mail and messaging - Many small and large |
| a home studio with a mic and computer is extremely | | | | companies search for voice over talents to record |
| affordable, and in some cases, one be started for | | | | their voice mail introductions. This is a very niche |
| under $1,000. | | | | market in the voice over field, but a growing one. |
| As I stated previously, there is lots of upcoming work | | | | Finding work doing voice overs can be difficult when |
| for those who are interested in getting into the voice | | | | you first start. However with persistence, a desire to |
| over business. Here are a few of the areas in voice | | | | work from home and the change to be your own |
| over, besides traditional radio and TV commercials, | | | | boss, you can find work. The number of people |
| that are on the rise: | | | | competing for the same voice over job can be |
| 1) Podcasting - With the boom of the Internet, there | | | | incredibly high, however, if you network with the right |
| are more and more web sites and blogs that are | | | | voice over agencies, or clients, the financial and |
| incorporating podcasts. These podcasts usually contain | | | | personal rewards can be great. |