[BC] Matching jobs and engineers

[Bernie Courtney]

The only thing there is a lack of is QUALIFIED engineers.  You'll get
responses to a job  posting -- just none for people that have the skills
necessary, or are undesirable to hire for other reasons.  For the most part
the people that know their stuff are staying put, and their managers are
wisely keeping them happy because they know how difficult that search can be
if they decide to walk out the door.

All that being said, I surely wouldn't recommend anyone to get into
Broadcast Engineering, or any facet of Broadcasting for that matter at this
point.  I talk to interns all the time at various stations that ask "what
should I do"  I usually (half jokingly) respond "if you want to live a
comfortable life down the road, find a new career path to explore."

b

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Bernie Courtney
Metro Broadcast Services
bcourtney at metrobcast.com

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Dana Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:

> Even though the stock of
> experienced engineers is declining, the job opportunities have dropped so
> badly since 1997 that there still are far more engineers then jobs. No
> wonder
> why new people aren't coming in! Would YOU go into a profession where the
> number of jobs is less then half it was ten years ago?