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2009 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, 2008 through May 31, 2009 the station filled the following full-time vacancies:

 

Position 995812

Job Title: Senior Development Associate

Date Filled: 7/21/08

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

Number Hired: 1 (via KSU employee)

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

 

Position 995762

Job Title: Accounting Specialist

Date Filled: 7/21/08

Number Interviewed: 4 (via KSU employees, KSU Job Opp)

Number Hired: 1 (via KSU Employee)

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 995791

Job Title: Senior Reporter

Date Filled: 7/29/08

Number Interviewed: 4 (via cpb.org, KSU Job Opp, KSU employee)

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

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

 

Position 992051

Job Title: Senior Secretary

Date Filled: 08/11/08

Number Interviewed: 4 (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 Fiath Church, Greater Bethel Apostolic Church, Livingstone Apostolic Church, Minority Employee Readiness

 

Job Title: Advancement Associate (Underwriting Salesperson)

Date Filled: 10/1/2009

Number Interviewed: (no data for this source)

Number Hired: 1 (no data for this source)

 

Position:  991518

Job Title: Multimedia Developer

Date Filled: 11/17/2008

Number Interviewed: 5 (via KSU Job Opp, folkalley.com, cpb.org, KSU employee)

Number Hired: 1 (via folkalley.com)

Posted:  HigherEdJobs.com, Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland Plain Dealer, KSU Job Opp, Digital Music News, folkalley.com

 

Position:  991378

Job Title: Senior Reporter

Date Filled: 1/15/09

Number Interviewed:  4 (via KSU employees, KSU Job Opp)

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

Posted:  KSU Job Opp, Currnet.org

 

Position:  995769

Job Title: Advancement Associate (Underwriting Salesperson)

Date Filled: 5/11/09

Number Interviewed: 4 (via KSU Job Opp, KSU employee)

Number Hired: 1 (via KSU Employee)

Posted:  Ohio Department Job & Family Services., KSU Job Opp, HigherEdJobs.com

 

 

Long-term Menu Options Completed

During the EEO period of June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009, 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 has increased its diversity resources for posting available positions, as noted in the positions which have been filled, including adding area minority churches to our vacancy dissemination list in order to reach job candidates who might otherwise be unaware of such opportunities.   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 six news department interns.

 

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 NFPW’s national competitions.   

 

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

 

• WKSU staff member has appeared twice on NEO spotlight, a Cable 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)

 

• WKSU staff member moderated a debate between candidates for the 16th Congressional District sponsored by the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics

 

 

Training Programs for Station Personnel

• 14 Supervisors took on line training for some or all of the following:

            Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

            Workplace Ethics

            Preventing Harassment

            Preventing Workplace Violence

            Sexual Harassment:  Understanding and Behavioral Guidelines

            Bullying in the Workplace

            Managing Conflict

 

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 44702

330-580-8400

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 

 

Greater Cleveland Urban League

1255 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44115

216-622-0999

(May 29, 2009 is last day of operation)

 

Higher Ed Jobs

328 Innovation Boulevard, Suite 300

State College, PA 16803

Fax 814-861-3082

higheredjobs.com

 

Kelly Blazek’s 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

 

 


 

WKSU Positions Reporting FY09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source of Notification

995769

991378

991518

995791

992051

995812

995762

 

 

Advancement

Senior

Multimedia

Senior

Senior

Senior

Accounting

Source

 

Associate

 Reporter

Developer

Reporter

Secretary

Development

Specialist

Totals

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associate

 

 

KSU Employee

3

6

1

4

3

3

5

25

KSU Job Opp Flier

1

 

1

2

2

 

2

8

KSU Jobs Website

63

36

20

46

60

17

20

262

WKSU.org

 

3

 

4

 

2

 

9

WKSU Facility

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Friend

 

4

1

2

 

 

 

7

Job Fair

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Akron Beacon Journal

 

 

 

 

5

1

 

6

Chronice of Higher Education

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Chronicle of Philanthropy

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

 

 

1

3

 

 

4

Youngstown Vindicator

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

newspaper (not specified)

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Cleveland.com

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

cpb.org

 

16

1

16

 

 

 

33

current.org

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

folkalley.com

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

fundraisingjobs.com

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

HigherEdJobs.com

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

inba.net

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

2

Indeed.com

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

monster.com

 

 

3

 

2

 

 

5

Northcoast 99 Website

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

npr.org

 

1

 

2

 

 

 

2

ohiomeansjobs.com

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

scoti.ohio.gov

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

995769

991378

991518

995791

992051

995812

995762

 

Source of Notification

Advancement

Senior

Multimedia

Senior

Senior

Senior

Accounting

Source

 

Associate

 Reporter

Developer

Reporter

Secretary

Development

Specialist

Totals

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Cleveland Job Bank

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

1

College Central Network Services

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Ohio Dept Job & Family Services

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio One Stop

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Professional Contact (not specified)

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Public Radio Jobs Newsletter

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Talent Zoo

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

No Response

2

3

1

2

 

3

8

19

Total Number of Applicants

80

82

29

85

75

30

35

416

 

 

 
 
 

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