Getting Jobs in Radio

	How to Get a Job in Radio
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Radio Employment - Employment in Radio-Radio Jobs-Jobs in Radio... call it what you want!

Jobs in radio are getting scarcer. Employment in radio is a narrow field. The radio jobs are not on trees waiting to be picked. You have to go after employment in radio with a plan. You have to work to get work. You will have to spend some money.

Some of you will take our advice how finding radio jobs, and good things will eventually happen to you. You must not think that the task is impossible. The rewards can be great. If radio jobs were easy to find, the JOBS WANTED ads wouldn't be so overfilled.

I have been a Program Director for a radio network with 250 stations, and for two major radio stations. That meant I dealt with radio employment for the stations. It was my task to fill openings and I didn't always to go to Classified Ads for radio jobs. I had a file of auditions collected over the years. With all this experience, I know some inside stuff about employment in radio. I know what PD's, GM's and GSM's are looking for when they offer radio employment. It's all in the FREE pamphlet we provide to members....Jack Ellery

Expenses in Getting Decent Jobs in Radio	Approximately
Tapes; CD's	$150
Postage	$200
Magazines such as R&R	$300
Conventions	$1500
Web site - yearly	$250
Business phone calls	$200
Recording studio	$250
Resume materials	$175
Office supplies, Business Cards	$150
Cost of your time spent job hunting	????
Membership that might make much of the above unnecessary	$10.00 - one time
Sum	$3185

Knowledge that you will gain from this website...PRICELESS

There are certain things you must do.

To get jobs in radio, you must read trade magazines. R&R is just one. Inside Radio is another. You have to know what is going on.

Networking is vital to find radio jobs. Going to conventions, though expensive, is the best thing you can do.

Your website is just another tool for finding jobs in radio. Get business cards made with your website address on them.

Try this great FREE mixer. Otherwise, you need a professionally made audition. At home doesn't work without a good microphone, headset, music and all the other stuff found in a professional studio!

You have to set your phone on fire making contacts as you seek radio jobs. Don't drive PD's crazy, but an introductory call is a good idea.

Your resume should not be just a one page document. Make a package with photos of you at station events, include letters from sponsors ... do it up bigtime.

Become a Member of 'Jobs in Radio'. Many people need help finding radio employment, sometimes it's just a little fine tuning of their act. Membership is only $10.00, a one-time fee. Not a big cost to find employment in radio. To find out how to join just click. There is no obligation.

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