I've given advice on getting agents before, so you may want to search the archives. However, what I will tell you are there are 3 different aspects to this question:
1. Do you need to improve your audition skills (auditioning is different than acting)?
2. Do you need to improve your interview skills to make you stand out in an agent's office?
3. After 7 years of non-professional acting, is it too soon for you to be pursuing an agent?
All of these questions are what you need to consider before you meet with another agent. The first, an acting coach can help you with, the later two are what I coach on.
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I remember how nervous I was when I auditioned for my first commercial agents, Sutton, Barth and Vennari. I guess I was more prepared than I thought, because they signed me on the spot. My first commercial was for Pepsi.
I'm sure it would help the reader to know how you dealt with your nerves, because clearly they weren't apparent to the agent.
I drank heavily! No, that wasn't it at all. I was nervous because I had no backup plan. If this didn't workout, I didn't know what I was going to do. "Networking"? I had no idea what that was. What I did do was prepare. Aside from from spending years in a theatre company, working on my craft, I also took cold reading classes. I guess the preparation paid off.
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