{"id":6352,"date":"2010-07-13T00:05:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T07:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=6352"},"modified":"2010-07-12T18:55:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T01:55:36","slug":"radio-job-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/radio-job-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER DAN O’DAY CRITIC HEARD FROM"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

Recently I came across a letter someone sent me after one of my R&R<\/em> columns from 1991.<\/p>\n

In the column I analyzed a particularly bad tape & resume that I received from a disc jockey (whom I didn’t identify).<\/p>\n

Yes, “tape.” You’ll also see a reference to an archaic device known as a “typewriter.”<\/p>\n

Some highlights:<\/p>\n

* The applicant used a grease pencil to scrawl his name on his aircheck cassette.<\/p>\n

* The cover letter said, “References on Request.” I pointed out that this is a big<\/strong> pet peeve among PDs. If you have references, include them. Or don’t include them. But there’s no point in telling a prospective employer, “I have references, but you’ll have to ask me for them.”<\/em><\/p>\n

* The cover letter (that was sent to me) was addressed to “Selection Committee.”<\/p>\n

Dear Dan,<\/p>\n

Thank you very much for your informative article, \u201cHow Not To Apply For A Job\u201d (R&R, May 10). It was right on target, indicating exactly how far out of touch you really are with the difficulty associated with landing a better radio job. As with a number of programmers, consultants, and GMs, your diatribe was laden with what you DON\u2019T want and nothing about what you do want; focusing entirely on the problem without mentioning any solution whatsoever. You\u2019ve left us only, once again, to keep guessing.<\/p>\n

Alas, another person claiming to be a \u201ccommunicator\u201d fails miserably in his communication.<\/p>\n

As \u201cThe Overnight Guy\u201d at (W___) in top-50 Greensboro, North Carolina, it has been my experience that if you\u2019re not in the \u201cgood ol\u2019 boy\u201d network of PD\u2019s, jocks, etc., you\u2019re not \u201cin\u201d, and are reduced from having a human existence with a pulse to being \u201cknown\u201d by your resume. Talent, desire and perseverance have nothing to do with it. The individual your article bludgeoned did the best knew how with his five years\u2019 experience. Have you always composed the \u201cperfect resume\u201d? I think not, for no such animal exists. Your degradation of this person as a professional for handwriting on his cassette with a grease pencil is totally inconsistent with his attempt (and I emphasize \u201cattempt\u201d) at being professional in the wording of his cover letter and resume. This guy is merely trying to enjoy this business, make progress in it, and still pay his rent. You arrogantly come across sounding like you\u2019d rather he drop a hundred bucks at the printer\u2019s for personalized die-cut labels!<\/p>\n

…Or, even BETTER: an arm, leg, and left nut for one of your seminars!<\/p>\n

Regarding the matter of \u201cReferences Upon Request\u201d: I don\u2019t care if it is \u201dpet peeve of many PD\u2019s,\u201d I am not going to bandy about the names, addresses and phone numbers of MY references (i.e., colleagues with whom I\u2019ve had a good working relationship) to God-knows-who, without first contacting them and ASKING THEIR PERMISSION to do so! The business changes so rapidly that the reference I might list (according to your criterion) in March may not, for any number of reasons be valid by the time you\u2019re ready to follow-up on it in November. This is yet another inconsistency in your article: If my education and experience catches your interest from my resume, in which you seem to invest so much credibility (you\u2019ve never\u00a0 lied on a resume, have you?), you\u2019re going to contact me anyway, right? You can reasonably ask for references at that time and I\u2019ll give them to you over the phone or mail them to you in another letter. \u201cReferences Upon Request\u201d gives me an opportunity to sell myself a little more; maybe even thank you for considering me for a job, and allows me to maintain a little control in an uncontrollable situation by letting me know that I\u2019m not farting into a tailwind. By your peeved state at this very common \u2014 and PROFESSIONAL \u2014 business practice, I can only conclude that you get your chuckles from what people are saying about me behind my back! Even after 15 years\u2019 experience, I\u2019m not so jaded that I will broach the confidence of a co-worker or past or present PD in that way. I suggest that you live with it.<\/p>\n

Please continue splitting your insignificant hairs and hacking out your negative articles which pigeonhole those of us with resumes containing words with more than three syl-la-bles as untalented, unprofessional and unworthy of any success in our radio careers. We will continue to get jobs, lose jobs, move up, and try to keep a little humanity and sanity about ourselves for this business. You won\u2019t be missed.<\/p>\n

Finally, after you\u2019ve cut our man with the bad resume to shreds, seemingly out of spite because you were referred to as the \u201cSelection Committee\u201d as opposed to, perhaps, \u201cSir Dan,\u201d or \u201cYour Highness,\u201d you didn\u2019t even have the decency (or is it capability?) to take your massive ego out of overdrive long enough to say ONE WORD about how our boy\u2019s air-check sounded. Was it as good as his resume was \u201cbad\u201d? Did it make you that nervous? Or are you being THREATENED? Your priorities here are totally confused and your lack of comment on this is conspicuous by its absence.<\/p>\n

That, in my most PROFESSIONAL opinion and utmost candor, CHAPS MY ASS!<\/p>\n

Sincerely,
\n(\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 )<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dear Mr. (\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ),<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 I am aware that landing a better radio job is fraught with difficulty. People whose presentations make as poor an impression as the one I wrote about are likely to experience more difficulty than is necessary.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Regular readers of my column have not been left to \u201ckeep guessing\u201d what PDs do want. I\u2019ve written regularly and often on the subject in painstaking detail…including a multi-part series entitled \u201cThe Radio Job-Hunting Survival Guide.\u201d<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 In my experience, most people send tapes & resumes in the hopes of getting a job, not as a means of having one\u2019s human existence validated.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Most program directors prefer to hire people who act professionally \u2014 not people who unsuccessfully \u201cattempt\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Spending $100 for die-cut labels is one alternative to scribbling one\u2019s name with a grease pencil. Another alternative is to use a typewriter and a plain cassette label. I believe the latter suggestion is the cheaper of the two.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 My next seminar runs two very long, full days. The registration cost is $179. If that represents to you an arm, leg and left nut, then you place a far lower value on your nuts than I do on mine.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 A job-seeker who doesn\u2019t \u201ccare if it is a pet peeve of many PDs\u201d is a fool.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 If you wish to list references, you can get permission from the people on your list before including it with your package. Also, you seem to miss the fact that I did not insist that references be included in the resume package. I said, \u201cEither list your references or don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 If business changes cause changes in your list of references, you can edit the list as needed and only send out the current, up-to-date list at any given time.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Fortunately, I don\u2019t have to \u201clive with\u201d unprofessional tapes & resumes. The only person who does is the one who mails them to prospective employers. After 15 years in radio, you have been fortunate enough to have risen to an overnight position in Greensboro, North Carolina. Others who hope to attain or even exceed your success can help themselves by making their first impression as positive as possible.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t discuss the content of the aircheck because it was irrelevant to the article. I already have written extensively about aircheck contents; this piece was devoted to packaging, not content.<\/p>\n

Best,
\nDan O\u2019Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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