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Theatre Geek's Guide to Disney, Google, & the NFL

Ever wonder what it takes to land a job with the world’s most sought after companies? In A Theatre Geek’s Guide to Disney, Google, and the NFL, Brett Axler pulls back the curtain to reveal the steps from his journey and the lessons he learned along the way. From his early years in community and regional theater to landing his first job with an NFL-team, Axler shares the simple and normally overlooked steps applicants can take to land their dream job. He busts the classic experience and education requirement myths and outlines the powerful alternatives that make applicants stand out from the crowd. Using his own personal victories and defeats along with stories from the dozens of students and young professionals that he’s mentored, Axler shares the step-by-step do’s and don’ts of navigating a young career. Through his years at Comcast and Disney to his recent adventures that led him to Google, Axler shares his insights about education, professional networking, job searching, applying for the job, getting a resume to the top of the pile, and nailing an interview. With A Theatre Geek’s Guide to Disney, Google, and the NFL, buckle up for a wild story full of priceless know-how from a theatre geek that accidentally found himself in professional sports and corporate America.

Brett N. Axler

From performing on stage to directing and designing set and technical elements for musicals, Brett Axler knew he had marketable skills that could take him further than eight shows a week on Broadway. After discovering his passion for nighttime spectaculars at Disney, Brett pursued his dreams of working for Disney before finding out that his skills were far more lucrative in industries outside of entertainment. Freshman year of college by total accident, he landed his first big gig with the NFL as a broadcast engineer for the Philadelphia Eagles, before being hired on to half a dozen other sports teams and media networks by his senior year of college. Brett’s whirlwind career continued as he was hired to lead the opening of a 280-million-dollar professional sports arena, produce more than two dozen shows throughout Philadelphia and New York, and was eventually pursued by his original dream employer Disney. He spent four years working for Disney Parks Live Entertainment in Orlando, Florida while freelancing as a technical director for corporate events around the country which led to his most recent endeavor as a Project Manager for Google in Silicon Valley. Brett currently resides in San Jose, CA.

Morgan James Publishing