THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE OUR CALENDAR UNLESS YOU HAVE A GMAIL ACCOUNT. HERE IS THE LINK SHOWING YOU HOW TO GET YOURSELF AN EMAIL ACCOUNT. IF YOU HAVE A GMAIL ACCOUNT SKIP THE TUTORIAL LINK BELOW.
(Please note if you do not have Gmail and you use another email address for your emails that is ok we will not make you switch over to using the Gmail address. THE GMAIL ADDRRES IS ONLY FOR ACCESSING OUR KK DAYS OFF CALENDAR AND YOU WILL BE THE ONLY ONE WITH ACCESS TO IT!
Once you have gotten your new Gmail account you will need to give it to us asap! If you already have a Gmail account then you can continue reading on.
OKAY MOVING ON...THE NEXT STEP IS THAT WE WILL SEND YOU AN INVITATION TO OUR "KK DAYS OFF" CALENDAR. OUR CALENDAR IS NOT PUBLIC IT IS BY INVITATION ONLY, SO WE MUST INVITE YOU TO USE AND VIEW IT... HERE IS WHAT THAT EMAIL WILL LOOK LIKE.
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Once you accept our Invitation you will see our KK Days Off Calendar like you see below.
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It will then take you to the "KK Days off Calendar." The view above is the calendar view. You will see many KKers on it posting their days off. Remember that the MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU WILL NEED TO DO IS TO POST YOUR DAY OFF ON THE PROPER CALENDAR!!! Once you have gotten a Gmail account. Google AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNS YOU YOUR OWN CALENDAR AND WILL POST YOUR DAYS OFF THERE BY DEFAULT.
YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY MUST POST YOUR DAYS OFF ON THE KKDAYS OFF CALENDAR! WHICH MEANS THE DROP DOWN MENU WILL ONLY SHOW KKDAYS OFF PLEASE, OH PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR DROP DOWN MENU SHOWS "KKDAYS OFF" BEFORE YOU PUSH SAVE!!! Because what will happen is that on your end it looks as if you are on our calendar BUT on our end you are not and we won't see your name. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR US! (Especially if we book you and you then come back and say you're on the calendar as unavailable. We don't do cancellations it truly upsets all casting agencies alike and drives us
In all honesty cancellations are a BIG, BIG DEAL. If it is a verifiable emergency or a recall those are manageable. But if it is a cancellation due to your not informing us of your UNavailability, it is a huge problem. When in doubt or if your out and not able to get to a computer please text or email us immediately if you are suddenly not available. Our calendar is available for up to a year in advance so anything that comes up, throw it on the calendar.
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The next thing you need to do is push the RED CREATE BUTTON AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE CALENDAR.
RIGHT ABOVE THE DESCRIPTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CALENDAR YOU WILL SEE A MENU THAT SAYS CALENDAR WITH A DROP DOWN MENU. YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE YOUR NAME OR GMAIL EMAIL ADDRESS IN THIS SPOT.
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THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST OVERLOOKED SECTION OF THIS WHOLE CALENDAR YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAKE THE DROP DOWN MENU SHOW "KK DAYS OFF"
OK I KNOW THE TUTORIAL IS BORING BUT NOW WE'VE BROKEN UP THE MONOTONY. AND I HOPE YOU ARE LAUGHING OR SMILING AT THE VERY LEAST! HAHA
OK BACK TO WORK ON MASTERING THE CALENDAR :)
Right under the red save button is where you will post your name, on the calendar you will see highlighted in blue Untitled event that is where you will put your name, remember if you don't post your name there, weave NO idea who actually is not available that day because it will show up blank. Now your next step is to go right below your name and mark down the date that you will need off when you click on the first date on the left a small calendar will drop down underneath of it, all you need to do is click on the date you need off. If you only need one day off just click on that date and then click the buttonderneath that says all day.
Again this is only when you need one day off at a time. If you will be out for multiple days you will need to put the first day you will be gone on the left and the day you return on the right. Like below
ARE YOU STILL FOLLOWING SO FAR!!!!
Just making sure...we know at first it may seem overwhelming but when you do it once or twice it is a
Well, what about the times that show up in between the dates, what are those for? Nothing! Well actually they could be used but we prefer that you didn't because on our end calendar view they sometimes are overlooked so what we would rather have you do instead is this example below. Right after your name put a - and put the time that day that you think you can be to set NOT the time you will be finishing up your appointment.
Here is a GREAT RULE OF THUMB. If you are available in the afternoon we will try our very hardest to book you after you become available but please keep in mind MOST NOT ALL BUT MOST CALL TIMES WILL BE IN THE MORNING (IN GENERAL) So sometimes that limitation can hurt your booking chances. Another thing to keep in mind is that if you have to be somewhere by a certain time meaning you have to be at your parents anniversary dinner by 8pm, it is VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL BOOK YOU FOR THAT DAY. WHY, YOU ASK? Because our sweet little talented clients (THAT MEANS YOU) WE DO NOT HAVE A CLUE AS TO HOW LONG YOU WILL BE ON SET. You could be there one hour, you could be there 15 hours. WE CAN NOT AND WILL NOT RISK KALIFORNIA KASTINGS REPUTATION BY BOOKING YOU ON A SHOW KNOWING IN ADVANCE YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE. (Not to mention it won't make you look reliable in the Casting Agencies eyes.)
That would make the Casting Agencies and Casting Directors go completely...
Which is completely and totally unacceptable!
Second to last thing. If you are a student or have a part time job etc. and you know you have a set schedule for instance you can't work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Here is what you would do on the calendar. You will go to the section where you would check mark the "all day" part but this time you would check the "repeat" button as shown below, you wont check the all day box and you won't check the dates. You will check the repeat button and a small window will open to the right like below, add a check mark by the days that you are not available weekly like the picture below. You may leave a no end date (never) or you can add a date of how long you would like it repeated. Then click done.
Lastly, typically we book a day in advance HOWEVER we often book a week or weeks in advance so your being on top of the calendar and your schedule is VERY IMPORTANT, which by now you should understand that point since I have mentioned it 1000 times :) We also book on weekends we will normally text you and see if you are available on a weekend however it really makes Kalifornia Kasting stand out above the others when a Casting Director calls for availability and we already have it on the calendar. It really makes us look good and you as well! And really the squeaky wheel gets the oil and the service that's the best, gets the work! That will always be and has been Kalifornia Kasting 21 years and counting! Just one more thing ....
All of this depends on you and the KK Staff being professional, courteous, considerate and on top of our GAME. We can't have it any other way so PLEASE realize the importance of informing us of your schedule and if you need a day off within 24 hours of a booking day. For example it's Monday at noon and you're starting to not feel so good OR something came up that is making you UNAVAILABLE for Tuesday (the next business day) YOU MUST TEXT OR EMAIL US THAT INFO WE DONT STARE AT THE CALENDAR ALL DAY SO A CHANGE OF AVAILABILITY WITHIN 24 HOURS MEANS TEXT US AT 872-222-7863 (872-2-CASTME) OR EMAIL AT KALIFORNIAKASTING@GMAIL.COM AT THE ABSOLUTE VERY LEAST YOU MAY CALL THE PRODUCTION @ 888-450-4499 FOR AN EMERGENCY OR DAY OFF REQUEST. DO NOT CALL PRODUCTION JUST TO CHAT AS IT'S DISTRACTING AND MAKES US HAVE TO PUT THE CASTING DIRECTORS ON HOLD, WHICH THEY DISLIKE EMENSELY SO OUR PRODUCTION LINE IS FOR A QUICK EMEGENCY CALL OR ELSE...
LOL I told you I would make this a painless learning experience! HAHA
Alright, back to the calendar tutorial, we promise you are almost done, BUT, you can't tell me you haven't gotten a laugh or two and learned how to book yourself out...it's a win win!!!
Well by now you have learned how to:
1) Accept the Kalifornia Kasting Calendar Invitation
2) Access the KK Days Off Calendar
3) Create an event
4) Mark yourself off for a day.
5) Mark yourself off for multiple days.
6) Post when you're unavailable during certain times of day (if needed.)
7) Post repeat days off (if needed)
8) Learned that I (Jen) really like using capital letters.
THANKS A BUNCH WE WILL BUST OUR
FOR YOU...ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU DO THE SAME!
IF YOU NEED ANOTHER CALENDAR INVITATION SENT TO YOU THEN PLEASE EMAIL US AND ONE WILL BE SENT ASAP. THIS IS FOR EVERYONES BENEFIT SO PLEASE ABSORB WHAT YOU READ :) LETS BOOK OUR (ABOVE PHOTO) OFF!!!
