Broadcast Recruiting

Big 3 Broadcast Groups vs. Smaller Media Companies: What Today’s Television Department Heads Need to Know

The local television business is changing faster than many executives want to admit. Consolidation. Acquisitions. Budget compression. Corporate layering. Centralization. Hiring freezes disguised as “strategic pauses.” Department heads are managing two stations, three platforms, four new revenue expectations, and five additional job responsibilities — often without meaningful increases in compensation. And yet, despite all of […]

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New Lawyer. New CEO. New Timing. What Nexstar and TEGNA May Really Be Telling the Industry.

The local television industry just made several very strategic leadership moves, and the timing is difficult to ignore. First, Nexstar Media Group announced Elizabeth Ryder as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary to the Board of Directors — notably, an executive deeply tied to major acquisition and regulatory strategy during Nexstar’s biggest expansion years.

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Salary Negotiation in Television: Play Chess, Not Checkers

*A Survival Guide for Television Station Leaders, Department Heads & Future GMs* Let’s be honest: most television executives were never actually taught how to negotiate compensation. They learned how to increase ratings, lead teams, grow revenue, manage crises, navigate ownership changes, and hit impossible budgets with shrinking resources. But salary negotiation? Most people are just

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Welcome To The Jungle – The Recruiting Business: Powered by Coffee, Chaos & Human Emotion

After 30 years in human resources and recruiting — including running recruiting for a large broadcast group and now spending the last 7 years owning my own media recruiting firm, Carver Talent — I’ve come to one undeniable conclusion: recruiting is less of a profession and more of a front-row seat to the greatest reality

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Top Media Management Talent Aren’t Applying. Smart C-Suites and GM’s Aren’t Waiting. They Use Carver Talent. Here’s Why:

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

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5 Ways Television Station GM Candidates Can Separate Themselves and Win the Job

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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Recruiting Used to Be a Profession. Now It’s a Software Filter.

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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Why Recruiters Don’t Hand Over the Keys to the Castle on First Contact

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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CARVER TALENT HOT JOBS 8/20/21 EDITION:

Carver Talent is partnered with amazing broadcast groups and media industry clients who are actively recruiting for the following positions. For confidential consideration or just to get on our radar to discuss your career goals and your next perfect opportunity, please send an updated resume to radu@carvertalent.com. Managing Editor – Digital Content, top 20 market,

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