On October 26, 2006, the station
participated in the Fall Employment Festival, held
by the Heart of Knoxville Career and ResourceCenter
on the Magnolia Avenue
campus of PellissippiStateTechnicalCommunity College.The Operations Manger & Promotions
Assistant
participated, meeting with attendees and discussing job/internship
opportunities with WVLT.
2
Participate in Job Fair
On
March 1, 2007, the station participated
in the Career Showcase career fair, held by Carson-NewmanCollege on the Carson-Newman
Campus.The Operations Manger
and Promotions Assistant participated, meeting with attendees and discussing job/internship
opportunities with WVLT.
3
Participate in Job Fair
On
January 8, 2007,
the station
participated in the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Career Fair,
held at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.The Vice President of Engineering participated, meeting with
attendees and discussing job/internship opportunities with WVLT.
4
Participate in Job Fair
On
February 7, 2007,
the station
participated in the University
of Tennessee Summer
Job
and Internship Fair, held on the University
of Tennessee Campus.The Operations Manger
and Promotion Assistant participated, meeting with attendees and discussing job/internship
opportunities with WVLT.
5
Participate in Job Fair
On
March 16, 2007,
the station
participated in the 2007 Lakeway Area Job Fair, sponsored by WalterStateCommunity College,
Center for Workforce Education, Douglas Cherokee, the Morristown Area Chamber
of Commerce, FiveRiversRegionalCareerCenter,
and the Citizens Tribune.The fair was
held on the Walter State Community College Campus.The Operations Manger participated, meeting with
attendees and discussing job/internship opportunities with WVLT.
6
EEO training seminar for
managers
On August 14, 2006 the Operations Manger
participated in an EEO/Management Seminar held by the Tennessee Association
of Broadcasters.The seminar was
designed to give broadcast managers insight into their roles as leaders in
their organization, especially in the areas of equal employment opportunity
and preventing discrimination.Managers
form broadcast facilities that are TAB members attended the seminar.Topics that were discussed at the seminar
were; Leadership: Ethics, Values and Attitudes and Diversity in the work
place.
7
Training Program to Help
Personnel Acquire Skills to qualify them for Higher Level Positions
All members of the
Production Staff are cross-trained in more than one area of production.Training these employees to perform skills
other than their primary responsibilities provides each with a possible opportunity
to advance within the department.Depending on the employee’s preference and depending on the needs of
the department, employees are cross-trained in graphics, audio, directing,
web management, and/or video editing.By allowing each employee within the department to acquire as many
skills as they can, the station prepares those employees for future advancement
within the station.
8
Internship Program
WVLT offers students
enrolled in a university the opportunity to gain practical experience in a
broadcast environment.During the
reporting period the station had a total of 16 interns:
In the Summer of 2006, the
station had 3 interns: 3 in News.
In the Fall of 2006, the
station had 8 interns: 2 in Commercial Production and 6 in News.
In the Spring of 2007, the
station had 5 interns: 3 in Commercial Production, 1 in Sales, and 1 in News.
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