The media industry loves to talk about urgency. Breaking news, quarterly revenue, ratings books, FCC deadlines, digital growth, talent wars — everything moves fast. But when it comes to hiring, some media companies still move like it’s 1997: post a job, wait, pray, interview the same recycled applicants their competitors already passed on, and drag […]
Landing a General Manager role in today’s broadcast landscape isn’t about having “been around long enough” or “running a tight ship.” That baseline is assumed. The real differentiator is whether you can convincingly blend operator discipline with growth-minded aggression — without sounding like you’re trying to be two different people in the same interview. Stations
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Yes, I’m old enough to remember when resumes showed up in the mail. And get this — we posted job ads only in the local newspaper. Yikes. Actual newspapers and snail mail. Resumes delivered by the United States Postal Service, to an office, in an envelope, on expensive “executive” resume paper that could double as
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There are certain phrases in recruiting that sound polished, reasonable, and professionally neutral, and still immediately change the temperature of a conversation. In media recruiting, “mutual parting of the ways” is one of them. To be clear, it is not automatically disqualifying. But it is close enough to a disqualifier in practice that experienced hiring
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The media industry is one of the smallest “big industries” in America. Television, radio, digital, streaming, sales, engineering, creative, executive leadership — everybody knows somebody who knows somebody. There’s no six degrees of separation here like the Kevin Bacon game. In media, it’s usually one or two phone calls before someone knows your background, work
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One day. That’s not a typo. A local television station had a Chief Engineer opening, and when the pressure was on, they called Carver Talent. This wasn’t an easy fill or a “throw it on LinkedIn and wait” role — it was a real broadcast Chief Engineer search, the kind that keeps GMs awake at
The media industry loves to talk about innovation — AI-powered workflows, digital transformation, audience engagement, revenue diversification, multi-platform strategy. But let’s ask a less glamorous question: when did hiring become so impersonal? If you talk privately with candidates across broadcast television, digital media, streaming, radio, ad tech, and corporate media groups, there’s a recurring theme
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Why do relationships matter in executive recruiting? Because the best candidate rarely looks perfect on paper. A little over a month ago, my firm, Carver Talent, took on a Director of Sales search for a television station in a Top 50 market. Excellent station. Strong ownership. Incredible city. The kind of opportunity media sales leaders
The Resume Said “LSM.” The Interview Said “Future DOS.” Read More »
Local television is changing fast — faster than most station management teams want to admit publicly. Budgets are tighter, expectations are higher, and corporate pressure is high. Digital revenue demands are growing, newsrooms are evolving, AI is entering workflows, and somewhere in the middle of all of it, talented managers are quietly asking themselves the
Your Career Isn’t Stalled. You’re Just Playing Defense. Read More »
There’s a funny thing that happens in recruiting, especially in media. A recruiter reaches out to a candidate about a “confidential opportunity,” and within five minutes the candidate wants the company name, the hiring manager’s name, salary, team structure, job description, budget approval status, and sometimes the CEO’s blood type — all before agreeing to
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