THE VERSATILE RADIO STATION EMPLOYEE

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• Frank Baum March 14, 2010, 3:53 am

  I’ve actually seen that in my career. All too often it’s, “Hey you! Stand up, take the office, get the medals of the position, (and take the hit for it all when it flops, please) , because we know you can do it. It’s your big chance.”

  And sometimes, the person rises to the moment and blows everyone’s mind. The Casino of Media, unmasked.

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• Stacey Thompson March 14, 2010, 7:42 am

  The only thing this cartoon is lacking, is showing that the salary is only 35K a year!

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• Daryl MacLean March 14, 2010, 11:28 am

  Oh so true.

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• Stacey Thompson Delorme March 14, 2010, 11:28 am

  yeah… *sigh*

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• Rich Roszel March 14, 2010, 7:04 pm

  That much?!

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• Dennis McAtee March 18, 2010, 1:43 pm

  $35K a year? In a dream, maybe…

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• Alan Peterson (not THAT one...) March 24, 2010, 11:04 am

  Good laffs, to be sure, but I’ve found that being flexible … right on the resume … is not necessarily a bad thing these days.

  Once in a previous century, when we were all young jocks itching for that Dream Gig, all those job search strategies we read about in R&R et al told us to be specific on that resume: “OBJECTIVE: To be second-banana on a successful Morning Show”. Now certainly, that was meant to counter boring resume-speak of the time (“To secure an upwardly-mobile position in Radio/TV/Whatever utilizing skills and abilities I have honed over 13 months of experience.”)

  But if you can bill yourself as much more than just being Funny Stunt Intern Boy, I believe you stand a better chance of making an impression these days.

  My own package bills me as a triple-threat: Production/writing, Engineering and On-Air (plus I am an excellent trainer). My banner is:
  ” ‘Overqualified’?? Truth is, you need someone like me RIGHT NOW!”
  If a hiring manager knows he can get a production pro who can also resolve network conflicts, add RAM and replace hard drives, AND can track a weekend and overnight shift, the economics of the moment swing in a beneficial direction.

  So to blazes with being specific. Be wide but not vague, and be sure you are as good as your boasts (I still can’t sell worth a #$%^&*, so I don’t even pretend I can).

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