By the way, many agents feel it's not their responsibility to get you a job at all. Moss says when the fit is right, she's successful making a match between a producer or production and a writer. Other times, she encourages clients in whom she believes, but who continue to seek their own paths to production. You give them encouragement and ask them to use the quiet time now to write their own spec material. That way, when they have something new, Moss can take their most recent scripts back out on the market.
Agents provide the negotiating services.
We're the business arm of the partnership. We negotiate your contracts. We steward your contracts to make sure you get paid and paid correctly and in a timely fashion. That is the most important thing an agent can do on your behalf. All the rest is secondary.