Performing artists generally supplement their training, generate opportunities and enhance their creative knowledge through work experience and by participating in voluntary projects. Other options include getting involved with unfunded charitable organizations' projects, or to support industry professionals in developing their creative process. One must consider organizing acting or dance workshops and creative laboratories to expand one’s art form and apply for funding for self-created art projects. Many dancers and actors start their own companies with a particular art form that they want to explore as the focus. These unpaid projects or workshops are valuable ways to grow as an artist while creating opportunities for the exchange of ideas and these open forums/performances are often attended by industry professionals. The most common employers of performing arts graduates include: local government arts organizations education institutions, leisure companies, voluntary organizations. Short-term or freelance contracts, moving between different fields, generating opportunities through networking, attending auditions, collaborating with other artists and putting on one’s own shows are all part of a performer's lifestyle. Performing arts is about how one presents oneself. It's important to network at every opportunity and keep one’s finger on the pulse of the industry. There may be an opportunity for employment in the most unusual places, and by keeping open-minded one will be able to make the most of one’s individual talents.