Mon Nov 17: While I'm uploading.....PART ONE

Greetings radio people!

Today, we are going to be working towards two separate but related goals. Well actually, YOU will be working towards them; I will be working feverishly to revamp the website and upload your files. Wanted to do that from home, but apparently, my secret decoder ring powers over the school's website only work from inside the building, not from my house:

A) Last week, we looked up different job descriptions and titles that had to do with working in radio. Now that you know some of the things that people actually do in radio, it's time to find out a little bit more about them. You will choose at least two of the jobs you found AND one job that someone else found, and for EACH JOB, discover the following information:

1) How much money does this job make?

2) What kind of training beyond high school do you have to do in order to get this job?

3) What's the job outlook for each job? In other words, are radio stations going to need more of them or less of them in the future, or about the same?

When you get this information, you will make ONE discussion post about all three of your job choices. You will title it "getting paid to do what I want"


Oh, that's right, you will need a place to find this information! How could I forget that...here's a place that may prove useful:

http://www.bls.gov/OCO/

It's the online version of the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and it's pretty simple to use. When you go there, you will see a "search box" in the top right corner, after the word FOR: Just type in the name of the job you want to find out about, and it should return at least several links. Each link should lead to a page that has several categories at the top and a lot of information. To find out what you how much you can get paid, you click on "Earnings"; to discover how much more schooling you will need, click on "Training"; to get an idea about whether this job will be around for you, click on "Job Outlook"

Cheers,
Mr. L

PS You may of course help each other, but you CANNOT be simply copying what someone else finds for you.If I see that happening, I will simply delete your posting and tell you to start over.