Your Post-Broadcasting School Career: Broadcasting In The City

One of the principal benefits of going to broadcasting school is that you likely won't have to relocate to do it – with The National Broadcaster's Training Network's massive list of local broadcasting mentors, you're almost guaranteed to find a broadcasting school mentor at a radio station near you. But what about after you graduate?

Most people looking for jobs in the radio industry face the simple fact that the bigger the market is, the more you'll get paid. That means city jobs at city radio stations. While that also means tougher competition for positions, one of the biggest perks is that you could be heard by a much wider audience. And, of course, you'll have a higher salary to reflect the higher cost of living in cities vs. the suburbs.

There are a few steps to take before you launch yourself into the city job market, though. After graduating broadcasting school, your mentor and the job resources at NBTN will be priceless resources for you in finding a job. Your broadcasting school mentor might even offer you a position right at the station where you apprenticed – after all, you already know the place well, and you know that you fit in and work well there.

If not, your broadcasting school mentor also has contacts throughout other local stations, and could be instrumental in setting you up with a starting position at one of those stations. This is the time to let your mentor know that you're looking to move into a larger market, so they can know to ask around at stations in larger metropolitan areas. It's important to keep things in perspective at this time; if a great opening position isn't immediately available at the best radio station in the biggest city in the state, just relax for a little while. You don't need to go for the gold immediately.

In the broadcasting world, every job is a stepping stone. The more experience you have, the bigger jobs you can get. Attending broadcasting school means you already have a leg up on your competition who only have communications degrees and internships to their names; while they've been going to school, you've been getting a firsthand view of what it's like to be a DJ, assisting your broadcasting school mentor and getting a real idea of what it's like to actually work in a radio station. As an on-the-job apprentice, you've gotten a look at how a radio station really runs, and you'll have a much more attractive level of experience than other candidates.

Take your broadcasting school experience and aim high, but be happy to land in the middle. If you have to start at a local station, relax and take advantage of the time to save up more money on your home turf, getting the essential entry-level experience you need to be taken seriously in larger markets. After a year or so, start looking for jobs at radio stations in the closest city. Depending on where you live, that could be a simple step up from your rural town, or heading straight for the cultural capital of your state. The natural progression of small town to mid-size suburb to big city is an easy road to follow once you're out of broadcasting school.

But of course you can't get there without first getting here. Take the first step with a broadcasting school education and visit http://www.learn-by-doing.com/ today for more information!