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In short, proof.
They're working project to project. Each one is basically a new company. Each one a new employment. It's their resume.
My opinion, best answer
Not quite so much - credits aren’t exhausive or truly accurate, theyre “best efforts”. Employment is word-of-mouth. If you wanted the B-camera grip from a particular film, you’d know someone who’d know someone who’d know who that was, regardless of what credits might claim.
I agree with you, but my brain was like... there really is no way to verify employment when company no longer exists. That is just an interesting point to me. I suppose it could be relevant for people who work for more than just Hollywood. But inside Hollywood, I have heard that it is like you say, a lot of word of mouth. Probably enables all sorts of middlemen that trade in that kind of info.
No middlemen. It’s up to the department heads and UPM to keep track of people.
I can't disagree. Nothing is absolute. Word of mouth is always valuable and no matter what credits you've got under your belt if you've been blackballed you're never going to work again but still I feel my point stands.
2 things can be true.
Any answer that doesn't make this the main point is off the mark.