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Clear Channel Airtime to Jobseekers, Now? Of all times?

Radio blogs and journals are reporting that Clear Channel will be airing on 21 stations what they're calling "radio resumes." Radio2020 says once a week each of the 21 participating markets will pick five unemployed people to record 30-second “radio resumes” that point interested employers to the station’s website.

Isn't it a bit soon to do this? Isn't this the same company that just laid off 590 in late April? What about the 1800 in January?

The ones who must really be feeling it are the survivors. They've had to say goodbye to their laid off colleagues. They're now doing at least double the work. Then on top of that they have to pretend to like the idea of cutting 30-second spots for others looking for work.

Why can't a company like Clear Channel take care of its own first?
 
justula said:
Why can't a company like Clear Channel take care of its own first?

It's not like they're offering jobs to people. They're simply providing a platform for people to present themselves. A lot of their former employees were offered similar services during their termination interview. The kinds of jobs that usually take part in these programs are not in radio, but in service industries.
 
How effective has this been? How many actually get jobs? How does it compare with the granddaddy of Networking?

Job fairs have been called "meat markets" and this looks like 21 meat markets on air.
 
If employers really cared about hearing from qualified people, they would never write the words "No phone calls please."
 
One more thing . . .

if poorly handled, this contest could actually exacerbate a problem in hiring, namely,
it goes to the person who APPEARS more qualified
not to the person who IS more qualified.

As a manager, I'm constantly on guard to people who sound better than they are. There's tons of Web sites on how to do your resume, how to interview. Candidates nowadays get coached on just about everything besides how to actually do the job.

One thing I like about radio is you can audition people, for all positions.
 
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