Don’t Let This Emotion Kill You In The Sportscasting Job Market
Arrrgh!!!!
The sports broadcasting job market can be SO doggone frustrating!
A sportscaster shared this struggle with me via email:
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Job Market
Whatever You Do, Don’t Ask Hiring Managers For This
A sports talk show host told me that after he had unsuccessfully applied for a job, he asked the program director to critique his work.
I replied, “Oh my, why did you do that?
Here are three reasons you don’t want to ask hiring managers to critique your work.
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Advice For Landing A DI Play-by-Play Job
If you were starving and needing to catch a fish, would you fish in a lake that has more than 200 fish, or would you fish in a lake with just one fish?
Unfortunately, trying to land a Division I football/basketball play-by-play job is like fishing in a lake with one fish and hundreds of people trying to catch it. One company, Learfield IMG College, manages most of the schools.
You must accept that looking for a DI play-by-play job is a process that is largely out of your control.
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Do’s and Don’ts For Following Up Your Sportscasting Job Applications
A sports broadcaster in California applied for a job in-state. He didn’t anything from the employer for a couple weeks so he sent a follow up. He mentioned that one reason for applying was that he and his family regularly vacationed in this community. He finally heard from the employer two weeks later, set up an interview, and got the job.
He won with polite persistence.
These do’s and don’ts will help you create a strategy for following up your sports broadcasting job applications.
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When You Know There’s An Unpublished Job Open…
A minor league baseball broadcaster was fired up when a job with a great organization in his home state opened. He knew it was open before it was public knowledge.
What he didn’t know is if he should wait for the team to publish a position description before applying.
Never wait!
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Sportscasting Job Market Anxiety? 3 Keys to Staying Patient
Every time STAA works with Learfield Sports to fill a play-by-play opening, I invariably hear from at least three people who are stunned that they didn’t get an interview. Some of that comes from entitlement or ego but much of it is rooted in impatience.
Here are three keys to help you stay patient in the sports broadcasting job market.
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4 Ways to Get an MiLB Job Without Media Relations Experience
Most minor league baseball positions include media relations as the larger part of the job.
If you lack that experience, there are four ways to try to work around it.
How To Give Yourself an Edge in the MiLB Job Market
There are many more minor league baseball broadcasting job seekers each winter than there are available positions.
How can you stand out?
Here are four ways to give yourself an advantage in the MiLB job market. . .
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The Sneaky Way to Know if an Employer has Watched Your Demo
Wouldn’t it be awesome to know the part of your sportscasting demo reel employers think needs improvement, or if they even watch at all?
You CAN know those things.
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Is Your Sportscasting Resume Carrying Fluff?
Years ago I played a night of pickup basketball with Danny Ainge. He was the best player on the floor even though he had been retired for decades.
Unfortunately, just because I once played ball with Danny Ainge doesn’t make me an NBA-caliber player.
Many sportscasters regularly make that same kind of inference on their resume. Here’s the problem:
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