1-22-14
Former L.A. morning co-host Liz Hernandez has joined Access Hollywood. Hernandez was the long-time co-host of ?Big Boy?s Neighborhood? on Los Angeles? Power 106 FM. She also worked for Clear Channel's MYfm. In 2007, she was working as a correspondent for MTV News. Hernandez will contribute to AccessHollywood.com and will cover red carpet events, junkets, and report on all breaking Hollywood news.
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10-9-2012
Jerrell Jimerson will oversee the roadmap, product definition, and design for iHeartRadio in this newly created position under Brian Lakamp. He will oversee iHeartRadio?s product team, defining requirements for upcoming releases and taking its functionality, consistency, and quality to the next level. Jimerson most recently served as President and CEO of Songbird.
7-26-2012
You did your homework, you posted, interviewed, reviewed, re-interviewed, checked references, made the offer and now after four months of searching, it is time for the new seller to start.
What are the next steps you take?:
-- Show them their desk and the phone with a pat on the back wishing them good luck
-- Turn them over to their department head and hope for the best
-- Put them in a conference room to train themselves
-- Check in after 30 days to see how they are doing
I can assure you, that if you are doing any of the above, your hard work in finding and hiring them will probably be wasted as they will not be effective and may not stay with you for long. With the investment of time and money, your turnover costs will remain high. That is good money that can be spent on training to make sure your managers are hiring the right person and getting them ramped up to start earning sooner rather than later.
As we encourage hiring managers to take their time to build the right recruitment tools such as descriptive job profiles, strategic interviews, and probing references, we often see that they don't follow up with some key steps: training the manager in how to handle orientation, formal training for the new hire, and monitoring them to ensure they are moving in the right direction.
Having a strategic plan in place to expose the new seller to the team, the processes, the actual selling of radio, how to position your station(s), how to prospect and overcome objections, these key essentials of success are not things that are learned immediately, even for a seasoned seller. Commit your plan to paper and share it with all team leaders so that all of your managers are on the same page. By all means, spend time regularly with the new hire to ascertain where there are before it is too late. Consider having a daily recap at the end of the day for the first few weeks and as they progress, move it to once or twice a week. Remember, to learn new skills repetition and support are crucial.
Laurie Kahn is Founder and President of Media Staffing Network and can be reached at 480-306-8930 or via e-mail at laurie@mediastaffingnetwork.com. Visit the Media Staffing Website www.mediastaffingnetwork.com
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5-14-2012
Black becomes the new Imgaing Director at the two stations in Charlotte. Black comes from WRXR in Chattanooga, where he was the morning show host, Imaging Director and PD. Before that Black was at WZZI in Roanoke as Imaging Director/Production Director, and Night Show Host. Before that he was the Night Show Host/APD/Imaging Director for WXRC in Charlotte He was born in Huntersville, NC where his family still lives.
Radio Ink Magazine is teaming up with The Conclave and Media Staffing Network to present a series of FREE webinars designed to help you enhance your worth and prepare for your next position. Whether you've been ?riffed? to the side of the road or you want to learn what skills you need to advance in today?s changing radio world, we encourage you to join us.
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On Wednesday, November 16th at ________ Media Staffing Network President and Founder Laurie Kahn will teach you how to review your background, assess your skills, enhance your strengths and eliminate your weaknesses so you are prepared to secure the job you want with your next employer, whether it be in the industry or out.
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Topics to be discussed on November 16th include:
- Skills You NEED to add to improve your value.
- The Inside Track on How To Land Your DREAM Job
- How to BUILD Confidence To Sell Yourself
- The RIGHT Way to Network
- Questions to Ask THEM Before You Say Yes
The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Each webinar in this series is FREE of charge and will last approximately one hour. Don't wait for your next job to come to you. Figure out what job you want, prepare for that job, then take it. We'll show you how.
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Lincoln Financial Media announced veteran radio executive Jeff Dinetz will become Senior Vice President/General Manager of its Miami cluster of radio stations, including AC WLYF-FM, classic hits WMXJ-FM and sports talk WAXY-AM. He succeeds Dennis Collins, who is retiring from the company after 30 years of service.
Dinetz was most recently President & COO of the Radio and Interactive divisions of NextMedia Operating, Inc. His extensive radio career also includes management positions with Connoisseur Communications, Emmis Broadcasting and Chancellor Broadcasting, where he was VP/General Manager of New York?s legendary ?Z100,?