Hey if times are hard........
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The way my particular agent does it is she runs a drama class. You have to attend regulary so that she sees you are of able ability and you won't make a fool of yourself at auditions. from here you are eligible to go on her casting catalogue. If you are not on here then you can't be put forward for auditions.
She'll get a call from a casting director saying that they are for example looking for a handsome, black male, around 5' 10", smooth, funny type!!!! :lolsign: My agent will then look thru the catalogue and then out of all the people that match that criteria, she'll put them forward for the audition. But more often than not she can only send forward a certain amount of people. So it helps if you can work your way up into her favourites! :azzangel: And thats pretty much it!
Different agencies may work differently but thats the way mine works!!