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 While
college prepares you for many things in life, it does not always prepare
graduates for working in television news, weather, sports and entertainment.
Even some of the top ranked journalism schools
don't send their
graduates off with a great resume tape! Sometime with no
tape at all.
Many graduates have some samples of college
work while attending a journalism school. The reality is that those samples may not even open the
door at a television station. The reason? The tape is
not good! Don't believe us at American Broadcast Talent?
Just talk to News Directors around the country and they will voice
this clearly. You need a tape that showcases you talent,
voice, writing skills and presentation in a professional manner.
Some
broadcasters have some solid broadcast material from school or from
a previous job. American Broadcast Talent will help combine
that material with your new tape. Giving you even a wider
range of sample work on one resume tape.
Who Needs A Resume Tape By
American Broadcast Talent?
1. Recent graduate.
2. Current tape is
not getting you job interviews.
3. Current sample
work is outdated/you don't even look the
the same. Stories are old and irrelevant.
4. Currently in
another profession and have no tape.
5. Working at a newspaper or radio station
and have no tape.
Some things to consider:
Your
resume tape is essential in finding a reporter job, anchor job,
weather job, entertainment job or sports job. Journalism is a
very competitive field. And getting that first tv job can be
tough.
But
broadcast journalism has always be difficult to get into unless your
understand the industry. There are hundreds of people with
demo tapes searching for the same jobs in journalism. Just
being a great journalist is not enough in finding media jobs.
You must have a great news resume tape or entertainment resume tape
depending on you area of specialization.
Remember,
the hiring source does not know you, they only know what they see on
the resume tape. Broadcast jobs in broadcast journalism
require a solid anchor resume tape, news tape, weather resume tape,
news resume tape, media resume tape, reporting resume tape, media
file or whatever you want to call a tape or DVD that represents your
on-air talents. It is very unlikely you will just be able to
"talk your way" into a real on-air position with out a resume tape.
And
you must think about your area of specialization. Reporter
jobs requires a reporter resume tape. A sports job calls for a
sports resume tape. A weather job you need a weather resume
tape or a meteorologist resume tape. A on air anchor job
requires a anchor resume tape. And an entertainment job calls
for that special entertainment resume tape. So knowing what
you want to do for a career is just as important as the news tape
itself. Putting a "little bit of everything" on you demo tape
will actually hurt your chances of landing a job.
Not
everyone has the opportunity to go to a top journalism school or
broadcasting school in order to get on-air television job.
And attending elite broadcasting schools is no guarantee of a on-air
tv job. TV jobs require more than just "book smarts."
TV positions require the "hands on skills" to do it all. This
means knowing how to write, edit, shoot, report, produce in
television journalism. If you have these skills, and have a
great resume tape, journalism jobs and other related communications
jobs will be much easier to find.
Best regards,
Randy Rauch
Kathleen Overchuck |
