JOB HUNTING? Stand-Up Comic Sarit Catz Asks Five Questions Before Taking a Day Job

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy will generate nearly 19 million new jobs by 2014. But, sitcom and comic screenplay writer Sarit Catz suggests five questions to ask an interviewer or potential employer before accepting a job offer.

[USPRwire, Tue Apr 25 2006] According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. economy will generate nearly 19 million new jobs by 2014. But, according to three-time Writers’ Guild Award winning sitcom and comic screenplay writer Sarit Catz, you have to be careful before you accept one. “As a TV writer, I had a new job every time one of my shows was cancelled… which was basically every season,” says Catz. “So, I did a boatload of interviewing.”

Having once written and produced hits like “Full House,” “Coach,” “Soul Man” and other series, plus optioning two comic screenplays, Sarit took time out from Hollywood to start a family and a stand-up comedy career. “Comedy basically leaves my days free for what many would call a ‘day job.’ I would call it… torture,” declares Catz. “But, since I’ve lost more jobs than most people have found, I think I know a thing or two about the process.” Catz suggests five questions to ask an interviewer or potential employer before accepting a job offer:

1. Would you please describe my proposed workspace? TRANSLATION: Will I be able to position my computer monitor so nobody can see that I’m playing internet poker?

2. What is the company’s policy on flex-time? TRANSLATION: Can I show up late and leave early?

3. Who will I report to and who will report to me? TRANSLATION: Is my boss a jerk and will I have some flunkies to foist my work off on?

4. What are the immediate challenges I would face in this position? TRANSLATION: Can I coast for the first six weeks or so?

5. Does the company support an employee’s pursuit of job-related skills through off-site professional education? TRANSLATION: Will I be able to take a couple of days off every now and then to attend useless seminars, network with other shirkers, and look for a better job and while sticking you with the bill?

Currently appearing in and producing a stand-up comedy show called “Divas of Comedy,” Catz is keeping an iron or two in the television fire. She is the Head Writer and a producer of the “Bob Gonzo Show,” an upcoming sketch/variety show being produced in New Jersey that will be available on the new on-demand cable network, RipeTV, on the internet and in syndication. Sarit is also pitching several pilots which she hopes will find a place on the 2007 fall schedule.

About Sarit Catz:

A recognized comedy expert, Sarit Catz began her comedy career in radio, creating, writing and producing three award-winning comedy services for ABC Radio Networks and other nationally syndicated services bringing her jokes, voices, song-parodies, and other bits to every market in the nation, from New York’s WPLJ to LA’s KLOS. Sarit went on to become a television writer/producer with credits that include “Coach,” “Full House,” “Soul Man,” “Talk to Me,” “The Crew,” “Café Americain,” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” In the feature film arena, Sarit wrote and sold options on two original screenplays currently being marketed to studios by producers. She has won three (3) Writers’ Guild of America Awards and been named a semi-finalist in the ScriptapaloozaTV screenwriting contest. When Sarit’s children were born, so was her stand-up comedy career. Not only do the kids drive Sarit crazy enough to run screaming from the house and into the clubs, they also provide her with plenty of material. She has played numerous comedy clubs including The Comic Strip, Stand-Up New York, The Improv, Gotham Comedy Club, Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club, Boston Comedy Club, Yuk Yuk’s, Rascals Montclair, Palisades and West Orange, Jenkinson’s, Uncle Floyd’s, and many more. A semi-finalist in “The Great Canadian Laugh Off,” Sarit is currently the Head Writer for the “Bob Gonzo Show,” a sketch/variety show appearing on RipeTV, the new on-demand network, on the internet, and in syndication. For more information, visit www.princessofcomedy.com.

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