BROADCAST EMPLOYMENT UNIT

RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES CHECKLIST

In a two-year period an Employment Unit with more than 10 full-time employees must engage in at least four of the initiatives or events listed below. If the Employment Unit has 5 – 10 full-time employees or is located in a smaller market, it must engage in at least two of the listed initiatives or events. The period begins on the date the stations within the Employment Unit must file their license renewal applications, and the 2nd, 4th, and 6th anniversaries thereof. Each year, on the anniversary date, an Employment Unit must list and briefly describe the initiatives undertaken in the past year, place that list in the local public inspection file of each station within the Employment Unit, and post that list on the station’s web site if it has one.

In the preceding year, the Employment Unit has engaged in: (check all that apply):

Ex. No.
______ Participated in at least 4 job fairs by station personnel who have substantial responsibility in making hiring decisions. 1)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
2)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
3)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
4)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)

______ Hosted at least one job fair. 1)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)

______ Co-sponsored at least one job fair with organizations in the business and professional community whose membership includes substantial participation by women and minorities. 1)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
___X___ Participated in at least 4 events sponsored by organizations representing groups present in the community interested in broadcast employment issues, including conventions, career days, workshops, and similar activities.
1)__NYSBA Career Fair –Hudson-Westchester Radio, Inc. participated in an on-line Career Fair from Mar 19-26, 2007. Don Stevens, Sr. VP & Chief of Staff coordinated this with the NYSBA.________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
2)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
3)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
4)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)

___X___ Established an internship program designed to assist members of the community to acquire skills needed for broadcast employment. 1)Hudson-Westchester Radio’s award-winning internship program is always ongoing year-round. There are between 15-20 people enrolled in our internship program annually. With most vacant employment slots, individuals in our internship program are given equal consideration.
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Ex. A _____
___X___ Participated in job banks, internet programs, and other programs designed to promote outreach generally (i.e., that are not primarily directed to providing notification of specific job vacancies). _____
______ Participated in scholarship programs designed to assist students interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting. _____
___X___ Established training programs designed to enable station personnel to acquire skills that could qualify them for higher level positions. Describe: Hudson-Westchester Radio, Inc. trains personnel to acquire skills that could qualify them for higher-level positions in operations, programming, sales and administrative management. _____
______ Established a mentoring program for station personnel. Describe: _____
___X___ Participated in at least 4 events or programs sponsored by educational institutions relating to career opportunities in broadcasting. 1) New Rochelle High School WISE Program –The high school sent us 1 senior interested in communications in February to intern for 150 hours. The senior got high school credit for it.
2)Rye Neck High School Senior Options Program –The school sent us 5 seniors to intern with us for 4 weeks and do a presentation. The seniors got high school credit for it.
3) Tuckahoe High School Senior Internship Program – The high school sent us 1 senior to intern with us for 5 weeks. This was necessary for graduation.
4) Edgemont High School Senior Internship Program – The high school sent us 1 senior to intern with us for a month for school credit requirements prior to graduation.
5) Ct. School Of Broadcasting – Hudson-Westchester Radio participates w/Ct. School of Broadcasting’s Job Lead Program.

______ Sponsored at least 2 events in the community designed to inform and educate the public as to employment opportunities in broadcasting. 1)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)
2)__________________________
(Date/Location/Event)

______ Listed each upper-level category opening in a job bank or newsletter of media trade groups whose membership includes substantial participation of women and minorities. Identify job banks/newsletters _____
______ Provided assistance to unaffiliated non-profit entities in maintaining web sites that provide counseling on the process of searching for broadcast employment and/or other career development assistance pertinent to broadcasting Describe: _____
______ Provided training to management level personnel on methods of ensuring equal employment opportunity and prevent discrimination. Describe: _____
______ Provided training to personnel of unaffiliated non-profit organizations interested in broadcast employment opportunities that would enable them to better refer job candidates for broadcast positions. Describe: _____
__X___ Participated in other activities designed by the station employment unit reasonably calculated to further the goal of disseminating information as to employment opportunities in broadcasting to job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities. Describe: Hudson-Westchester Radio, Inc., in addition to disseminating information as to employment opportunities via over-the-air announcements and website postings, also periodically airs an informative discussion program featuring our radio interns explaining what they do and the opportunities available to prospective interns and employees. _____