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2010 EEO Public File Report--Station WKSU-FM, Kent, OH

This EEO Public File Report is filed in WKSU's public inspection file pursuant to Section 73.2080(c) 6) of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) rules.

If your organization would like information when openings become available with this station, please contact us at 330-672-3114.

Full-time Job Vacancies Filled

During the period of June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010 the station filled the following full-time vacancies: 

Position 995767

Job Title: Senior Receptionist

Date Filled: 08/03/2009

Number Interviewed: 3 (KSU employee, KSU Job Opp)

Number Hired: 1 (via KSU employee)

Posted:  Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland Plain Dealer, KSU Job Opp

 

Position 990950

Job Title: Announcer Producer I/NE (Part-time)

Date Filled: Not filled

Number Interviewed:

Number Hired: 0

Posted:  Ohio Department Jobs & Family Services, KSU Job Opp, Apostolic Faith Tabernacle, Akron Urban League, Canton Urban League, Greater Cleveland Urban League, First Apostolic Faith Church, Greater Bethel Apostolic Church, Livingstone Apostolic Church

 

Position 990902

Job Title: Newscaster NE (Part-time)

Date Filled: 06/28/2010

Number Interviewed: 3 (KSU Job Opp, KSU employee)

Number Hired: 1 (via Kent State University Job Opp)

Posted:  KSU Job Opp, current.org, HigherEdJobs.com

 

Position 990600

Job Title: Newscaster NE (Part-time)

Date Filled: 07/12/2010

Number Interviewed: 3 (via KSU Job Opp, KSU employee)

Number Hired: 1 (via Kent State University Job Opp)

Posted:  Ohio Department of Jobs & Family Services, KSU Job Opp, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Urban League, Canton Urban League, Greater Cleveland Urban League, First Apostolic Faith Church, Greater Bethel Apostolic Church, Livingstone Apostolic Church, Minority Employee Readiness

 

Long-term Menu Options Completed

During the EEO period of June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010, WKSU undertook the following long term menu options:

Participation in Scholarship Programs

·         WKSU's Walton D. Clarke Fellowship

·         Graduate student scholarship program

·         Participant(s): Numerous members of WKSU staff

Other activities designed to disseminate information as to employment opportunities to job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities

·         WKSU participated in the on-campus Job Fair at Kent State University, located in the Student Multicultural Center

·         All hires are sent through the Kent State University Office of Affirmative Action for their review and approval

Internship Program

·         WKSU is an annual host of a Senior Experience Program, where an area high school senior spends three weeks job shadowing.

·         WKSU hosted news department interns and an intern to work with the director of philanthropic giving.

Participation in at least four events or programs sponsored by educational
institutions relating to career opportunities in broadcasting

·         Periodically through the year, WKSU staff members host middle and high school students for a day as a part of their school job experience curriculum.

·         Frequently WKSU staff members speak to classes at Kent State University Journalism School.

·         J-Link A link created between Kent State University Journalism School and WKSU to hire college students who are interested in broadcasting to work at WKSU while they are attending college.

·         Ohio Professional Writers, Inc. held its annual meeting at WKSU.  The meeting was open to the public and included journalists, authors, photographers and other media professionals from across Ohio, as well as 7 high school journalists from the Columbus area who attended along with the advisor to their high school newspaper. OPW sponsors award programs for professionals, as well as high school and college journalists. State winners are entered in the NFPWs national competitions.

·         Attended The Ohio Association of Broadcasters Convention in Columbus.

·         Staff appear monthly on News Night Akron, a local public-broadcast (TV) public affairs program.

·         WKSU staff member taught a class at the JMC school on radio news production

·         WKSU staff member has been a guest speaker at the JMC print beat classes each semester since the fall of 2007 (including summers)

·         WKSU staff member has been a Board member on the Akron Press Club (since fall of 2008) 

Training Programs for Station Personnel

·         Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)*

·         Workplace Ethics*

·         Preventing Harassment*

·         Preventing Workplace Violence*

·         Sexual Harassment: Understanding and Behavioral Guidelines*

·         Bullying in the Workplace*

·         Managing Conflict*

·         Assessing and Approving Performance

·         Building a Strong Pitch Break, What’s effective and How We Know – DEI

·         Intro to DEI’s Pitch Training Toolkit – DEI

·         A.L.I.C.E. safety training
*Mandatory training for supervisory positions.

WKSU Recruitment

To ensure nondiscrimination in relation to minorities and women, and to foster their full consideration in filling job vacancies, WKSU utilizes recruitment procedures for reaching a wide range of audiences. For each job opening, recruitment sources are selected from the list below, dependent upon the field of expertise sought and requirements of the position, as appropriate.

Recruitment Sources:

Akron Beacon Journal
(& Ohio.com & Monster.com)
44 East Exchange Street
P.O.Box 610
Akron, OH 44308
330-996-3337
ohio.com/bj 

Akron Urban League
440 Vernon Odom Blvd.
Akron 44307
330-434-3101

Apostolic Faith Tabernacle
934 East 105th Street
Cleveland, OH 44108
216-681-3033 

CantonRep.com
See Canton Repository 

Canton Repository
(& CantonRep.com & Yahoo Hotjobs)
500 Market Avenue, S
Canton, OH 44702330-580-8400
http://www.totallylocal.com/jobs/canton/

Canton Urban League
1400 Sherrick Road, SE
Canton, OH 44707
330-456-3479 

Cleveland Plain Dealer
(& Cleveland.com)
1801 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44190
216-999-4710
plaindealer.com
cleveland.com 

Cleveland.com
See Cleveland Plain Dealer 

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Jobline
cpb.org/jobline

Current Magazine
Sherron Phillips, Advertising/Production Director
6930 Carroll Ave., Suite 350
Takoma Park, MD 20912
E-mail:
sherron@current.org
301-270-7240, ext. 36
current.org/jobs/ 

Dice.com
4101 NW Urbandale Drive
Urbandale, IA 50322
877-386-3323
dice.com 

First Apostolic Faith Church
790 Easter Avenue
Akron, OH 44307
330-762-9139 

folkalley.com
Linda Fahey
c/o Folk Alley/WKSU
1613 E. Summit St
Kent, OH 44242-0001
330-672-3114 

Greater Bethel Apostolic Church
2335 15th Street, SW
Canton, OH 44706
330-456-0626

Higher Ed Jobs
328 Innovation Boulevard, Suite 300
State College, PA 16803
Fax 814-861-3082
higheredjobs.com 

Kelly Blazeks Communications Job Bank
ClevelandJobBank@yahoogroups.com
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClevelandJobBank/ 

Kent State University Job Opp
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
330-672-2901
jobs.kent.edu 

Livingstone Apostolic Church
587 South Arlington Street
Akron, OH 44306
330-773-8888 

Monster.com
Mike.rotterman@monster.com
See Akron Beacon Journal 

National Association of Black Journalists
University of Maryland
8701-A Adelphi Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1716
866-479-NABJ
http://www.nabj.org/index.php 

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists
1000 National Press Building
529 14th St., NW
Washington, DC 20045-2001
Email:
nahj@nahj.org
Phone: 202-662-7145
Fax: 202-662-7144 

National Hispanic Media Coalition
55 S Grand Avenue
Pasadena CA, 91105
626-792-6462 Fax: 626-792-6051
Email:
info@nhmc.org
nhmc.org/ 

National Public Radio DACS
Ohio Department of Jobs & Family Services
30 E. Broad Street, 32nd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3414
(614) 466-6282
jfs.ohio.gov

Native American Journalists Association
University of Oklahoma Gaylord College
395 West Lindsey
Norman, OK 73019-4201
405-325-9008
Email:
info@naja.com
naja.com 

Native American Public Telecommunications
1800 No 33 Street
Lincoln, NE 68503
402-472-3522 Fax: 402-472-8675
native@unl.edu
nativetelecom.org

Ohio.com
See Akron Beacon Journal 

Radio-Television News Directors Association's Newsroom Diversity Project
1025 F Street NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20004
202-659-6510 Fax: 202-223-4007
rtnda.org 

Society of Professional Journalists
Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Center
3909 N. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
317-927-8000 Fax: 317-920-4789
spj.org 

South Asian Journalists Association
2950 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
saja@columbia.edu
Saja.org

Yahoo Hotjobs
See Canton Repository

Source of Notification

990950

990902

995767

 

 

Announcer

Newscaster

Senior

Source

 

Producer I /NE

NE

Receptionist

Totals

 

 

 

 

 

KSU Employee

3

3

7

13

KSU Job Opp Flier

 

 

 

0

KSU Jobs Website

8

16

110

134

KSU Employment Office

 

 

2

2

WKSU.org

 

3

 

3

WKSU Facility

 

 

 

0

Friend

 

1

2

3

Job Fair

 

 

 

0

Akron Beacon Journal

 

3

 

3

Canton Repository

 

3

 

3

Chronice of Higher Education

 

 

 

0

Chronicle of Philanthropy

 

 

 

0

Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

 

 

0

Youngstown Vindicator

 

 

 

0

newspaper (not specified)

 

1

 

1

Cleveland.com

 

 

 

0

cpb.org

 

 

 

0

current.org

 

 

 

0

folkalley.com

 

 

 

0

fundraisingjobs.com

 

 

 

0

HigherEdJobs.com

2

 

 

2

inba.net

 

 

 

0

Indeed.com

3

 

4

7

monster.com

 

 

3

3

Northcoast 99 Website

 

 

 

0

npr.org

 

 

 

0

ohiomeansjobs.com

 

 

 

0

scoti.ohio.gov

 

 

 

0

Cleveland Job Bank

 

 

 

0

College Central Network Services

 

 

 

0

Ohio Dept Job & Family Services

 

 

5

5

Ohio One Stop

 

 

 

0

Professional Contact (not specified)

 

 

 

0

Public Radio Jobs Newsletter

 

 

 

0

Talent Zoo

 

 

 

0

Walk In

 

1

 

1

Other

 

1

2

3

No Response

 

1

 

1

Total Number of Applicants

16

33

135

184

 

 
 

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