CBC Radio in Montreal is looking for a new host for its Radio Noon show.

Besides about five years of on-air or equivalent experience, you’ve got to understand the culture of French Canada and have extensive knowledge of current affairs, in particular of Quebec public affairs.

Your English musts be very goods and the Frenchs pas le mal.

Finally, in a requirement that seems to rule me out of all CBC work these days: “Extensive general knowledge.”

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	Getting a Job, Human Resources, Montreal	Posted at 12:45 pm (18 Aug 2008)

A screen-shot from the prehistoric Taleo jobs web site the CBC uses (try opening a couple of job postings in different browser tabs):

See? That’s been the problem all along. As #2 suggests, you should be applying while you’re on the job. Really, it’s silly to be doing these kinds of things on your own time!

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	Fun Stuff, Getting a Job	Posted at 3:56 pm (28 Mar 2008)

Here’s a fun little game to brighten your Monday (it’s dreary and drizzly here in Vancouver, so we’ll take all the light we can get).

Here are two job listings for sports positions. One is from the CBC. The other is from the Score Media channel. Can you figure out which is which?

LISTING #1

• Minimum 3-5 years on-air experience in broadcast journalism
• Superior writing, vetting and editing skills
• Able and willing to effectively engage in lively ad lib conversation with program hosts
• Experience with radio studio operation
• Flexibility to work overnight and / or evening shifts from time to time
• Interest and knowledge of a broad range of news and current affairs issues including sports, business, and arts
• Skilled in digital audio editing
• University degree or equivalent

LISTING #2

• Know your s**t
• Know how to put a story together
• Have energy that works on camera
• Don’t take yourself too seriously
• Hustle
• Are fearless (obviously no one is, but some balls would be nice)
• Can shoot (with a camera, of course)
• Are not conditioned to speak in an unnatural way
• Clichés anger you
• Want to be part of something revolutionary

Please, no wagering.

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	Fun Stuff, Getting a Job, Human Resources	Posted at 11:54 am (17 Mar 2008)

There was a funny job posting on the CBC job board Friday:

National Reporter / Reporter national (not a real job – don’t apply) -CAL00120

On a continuing and regular basis, performs reporting and editorial assignments for radio, television, or other media which involve the gathering, writing and presentation of information related to national and international issues, the Parliament of Canada, and regional issues judged to be of national import. Work adheres to CBC journalistic and programming policies, standards and practices. General direction is provided but there is a high expectation for initiative and independent judgement. Work regularly requires the co-ordination of the activities of others.

I guess they were testing the system?

Anyway, the listing has been taken down. In case, you know, you wanted to not apply for it.

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	Bloopers, Getting a Job, The Odd File	Posted at 2:16 pm (11 Aug 2007)

According to the CRTC, in 2005 CBC had an average of 10,730 employees.

A whopping 2,413 of them have Facebook profiles and have joined the CBC network (and who knows how many more haven’t joined.) That’s 22.5 per cent of the entire staff, and climbing.

Yet for all those 2,413 members, the network page itself is a wasteland: two discussion topics, and 17 wall posts.

(By way of comparison, that’s less activity than the group I set up for the CBC.ca softball team, of which there are 12 Facebook members.)

Now, there’s also a CBC group on Facebook (a group is different from a network) with 345 members. And, to my unending dismay, its full title is “CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation)” – it’s Broadcasting, kids! But that group has a meager three discussion topics, 11 photos and 86 wall comments.

Which is pitiful.

Now, CBC’s audience is much more active – the fan group “I Heart CBC!” has 3,199 members, 48 photos, 57 topics and 291 wall posts. The group “I love ‘The Hour’” has 2,596 members, with 43 topics, 50 photos and 355 wall posts.

Granted, there are more fans than employees – and thank God for that! But why is the group and network we created for ourselves so barren?

CBC’s audience is busy on Facebook, and we’re pretty good at encouraging them to be (see the Great Canadian Wish List.) Based on raw numbers and personal experience, CBC employees do use Facebook, frequently. But we suck at representing the CBC itself.

Granted, it’s better to have an audience that talks about us than for us to be talking about ourselves (hey wait, what am I doing right now?) But I read in yesterday’s Globe that increasingly, corporations are using Facebook to talk up their companies and attract young talent – for example, the Ernst & Young Careers group alone has 8,485 members. (The same article does give the CBC credit for its YouTube video promoting what a great place it is to work… it appears to have been posted by one Tod Maffin. It’s also available via the CBC.ca/jobs site here.)

Should CBC make more of an effort to promote the corporation online? How? And whose job is it – the employees, or someone in Corporate Communications?

-PG

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	Fanatical Fans, Getting a Job	Posted at 1:37 pm (19 Jul 2007)

Several months ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with CBC president Robert Rabinovitch for an in-depth interview about all sorts of Corporation-related matters. We spoke for more than an hour.

During the interview, I asked him about concerns that the CBC is moving away from hiring full-time employees, and instead hiring people on contract. (CBC management says an increased number of casual, contract, and temporary employees is necessary these days to remain flexible.)

Here’s a portion of that interview:

Maffin: Do you see there being more contract people than, say, five years ago in those divisions?

Rabinovitch: Oh, yeah. There’s no question about that.

Maffin: What percentage? Can you put a number on that?

Rabinovitch: It’s all being worked out in the union contract. I think the number’s about ten percent. So you’re not talking about the bulk, but you are talking about a very significant number.

Now that the dust has settled from the lockout and the collective agreement has had some time to “break in,” I thought it might be interesting to see how many positions currently being offered at CBC are, in fact, full-time.

As of May 24, what’s available are: 20 contract full-time positions, 19 regular full-time positions, and seven temporary positions.

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	Getting a Job	Posted at 3:25 pm (24 May 2007)

Here’s an interesting job opening that popped up this morning: CBC is looking for a Creative Head of interactive content (working for Arts and Entertainment shows). The job description and details on how to apply are here. If you know someone who might fit this, please email them the link! Or check out all our job openings.

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	Asides, Getting a Job	Posted at 12:56 pm (16 Mar 2007)

The Montreal CBC Radio newsroom is offering internships:

Interested in a very special chance to learn the ropes? You’re inquisitive and you follow the news closely. You leave nothing to chance, and aren’t afraid to go the extra mile. This could be a golden opportunity for you to show off your talents as you discover a recognized journalistic environment.

As a Radio journalism intern, you’ll be required to cover events and produce reports for newscasts and other news programming, in accordance with the Corporation’s Journalistic Standards and Practices.

• Keen interest in Radio journalism

• B.A. underway (final year) in journalism, communications or a relevant field

• Very committed to high-quality spoken and written French

• Bilingualism

• Available to stay in the regions during the internship, and work various shifts

• Must be available to work full time from June 8 to August 17, 2007

If this is you, then stop reading this silly blog and go apply! Oh, and when you apply, tell them you found out about it from the InsideTheCBC.com blog (no, I don’t get a bonus).

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	Getting a Job, Montreal	Posted at 6:54 am (15 Mar 2007)

If you’ve ever watched Hockey Night in Canada and thought “If I were in charge, this whole thing would be altogether different…” Now’s your chance to show off your managerial stick handling. CBC has posted the job of Executive Director for TV Sports.

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	Asides, Getting a Job, Sports	Posted at 1:12 pm (15 Dec 2006)

This movie’s been on the CBC jobs site for a while now, but I only recently got around to watching it. Since I figure not a lot of people will want to download the file and watch it, I’ve popped it on YouTube and Google Video for you to watch right in your browser and share around.

Video: Working for the CBC.

UPDATED: You really need to work for the Ceeb if this video seems oddly familiar.

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	Getting a Job	Posted at 4:09 pm (09 Aug 2006)

After 11 years as host of Daybreak, CBC Radio’s flagship news and current affairs program in Montreal, Dave Bronstetter decided it’s time for a change. He will begin hosting the province-wide program All In A Weekend this fall.

    That leaves a vacancy in the host chair.

    If you’re interested, here are a few things about the job you should know before you apply:

• It pays in the $60k-$70k range
• You must have had at least five years of on-air experience
• You’ve got to have some petty good interviewing skills (proven and practiced skills, not just the time you interviewed your cousin for your term paper, even though I’m sure it was a very good interview)
• You have to have "very good knowledge" of French. You won’t need it on the air, necessarily, but it is Quebec after all and you’d better be able to pronounce and understand Canada’s second official language.
• And finally, you’ve got to be up to speed on current events in the city and province. Believe me, they’ll test you.

Still interested? Here’s the official job description or you can just apply right away.

CBC jobs site

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	Getting a Job	Posted at 2:03 pm (19 Jul 2006)

A pack of openings just, er, opened at The Hour — looks like now that the show is going to prime time on the main network, they’ll need more people. The jobs available are:

• Producer: Plans, conceives, organizes, and/or develops the production and realization of a program segment, program, or series. There is wide latitude for initiative, independent judgment and creativity. There is a regular and ongoing requirement to co-ordinate the work of others.
• Associate Producer: Participates in the production, direction and/or postproduction of a program and/or program segment.
• Reporter/Editor: Performs reporting and editorial assignments related to the gathering, writing and presentation of program material for radio, television or other media.
• Senior Writer: Gathers information and writes material for presentation on national radio and/or television programs, or via other media.

All positions are based in Toronto.

CBC Jobs RSS feed

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	Getting a Job, The Hour with George S.	Posted at 11:53 am (10 Jul 2006)

Looks like CBC is seeking three “senior project managers” in our information technology department. Pay is between $66k-$100k. If you’ve got 12 years in project leadership with at least eight in the IT field, check the Senior Project Managers job description out.

Don’t forget, you can always search for CBC jobs on the CBC Jobs web site, or follow the CBC Jobs RSS feed.

Found it on the CBC jobs RSS feed

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	Getting a Job	Posted at 9:45 am (05 Jul 2006)

Yes, here’s your big opportunity to fix everything you hate about reality television. CBC Television is looking to find an executive in charge of “factual entertainment” — code-word for talk shows, game shows, and reality TV.
     You’ll have to:

• Evaluate new series and proposals (do it contribute to the CBC’s mandate? will it draw audiences? how much will is cost? etc.)

• Develop new talk, lifestyle, reality and game show programs from the concept proposal stage to final deliveries of program budgets, scripts and “program bibles.”
• Buy independent shows
• Identify “new trends in factual entertainment” and sell these ideas to others. (I’m not sure exactly what that means.)

Now then… do you qualify? You’ve got to have:

• a University degree with at least 10 years of related experience

• Live and live-to-tape production experience
• Remote and field shoot production experience
• In-depth knowledge of and relationships within the independent production community

Still interested? Have a look at the full job description or go look at other CBC jobs available.

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	Getting a Job, Programming	Posted at 3:44 am (31 May 2006)