Media Staffing Network Blog

Do you think you run a great department? Reputation is crucial in attracting and retaining the people you need to achieve success. If you aren’t sure, and even if you are, I suggest you do three things.

First, check out Glassdoor.com to see who is saying what about you. Job seekers rely heavily on … Read More ›

(By Laurie Kahn) Here’s the question – What are small-market stations doing differently to compensate sellers? All of the stations in our market are using old techniques and I would like some ideas.

Good for you for asking this great question. I can tell you wholeheartedly that if you are starting people with 90 or 120 day guaranteed … Read More ›

Let’s face it, last year was brutal. Many of our peers were laid off, let go, or were forced to take significant pay cuts. We went from an ‘employee’ driven market place to once again an ‘employer’ market. Many of these resulted from no fault at all besides a crazy pandemic. Often people who had … Read More ›

Recently we participated in the Rising Above Summit that many of the state broadcasting associations sponsored for their members. The good news is that from the many attendees, it appears that hiring is on the mind of many managers so we thought it would be wise to share some of their questions and how we responded. … Read More ›

It’s a new year! We are all hopeful for a return to our new normal. At Media Staffing Network, we are feeling confident that media hiring will increase in 2021 creating new opportunities in many categories. Companies that needed to downsize are slowly ramping up and revisiting various positions to fill. There will be new positions … Read More ›