WLBT 3 - Jackson, MS: WLBT EEO Public File Report February 1, 2008 - January 31, 2009
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EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
WLBT TV
February 1, 2008 TO January 31, 2009
Recruitment Sources Used For Full-Time Vacancies
The Master List of Recruitment Sources includes a list of recruitment sources, indicating names, address, contact person and telephone number of each. Sources with an asterisk (*) denote organizations that requested notification of full-time job vacancies.
Full-Time Positions Filled; Recruitment Sources Used (#'s in parenthesis)
[With Hiree's Recruitment Source In Brackets]
Total Interviewees for all Full-Time Positions
20 persons
Number of Referrals From Sources Used
#15 (2 people), #17 (1 person), #19 (2 people), #22 (7 people), #21 (4 people), #23 (3 people), #38 (1 person)
Supplemental Outreach Activities
FCC Menu Of Recruitment Initiative contains a brief description of activities from the FCC Menu of outreach initiatives undertaken during the period (usually the prior year), including station personnel involvement.
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MASTER LIST OF RECRUITMENT SOURCES
(Sources with an asterisk (*) denote organizations that requested notification of full-time job vacancies.)
LOCAL COMMUNITY SOURCES (including name of contact person, address and phone number)
1 *Mississippi Employment Security Commissions - Attn: Placement Manager, P.O. Box 12410 Jackson, MS 39236-2410 - Ph. 601-961-7931 FAX 601-961-7967
2.*Holmes Community College Career Planning - Pamela Fells,P.O. Box 369 Goodman, MS 39079 - Ph. 662-472-2312 FAX 662-472-9167
3.*Hinds Community College Career Center - Darlene Lindsey, P.O. Box 1100 Raymond, MS 39154-1100 - Ph. 601-857-3384
4.*Belhaven College Career Center - Camille,150 Peachtree Street Jackson, MS
Ph. 601-968-8990 - e-mail cadevelopment@belhaven.edu
5.*Millsap's College - Tonya Craft, 1701 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39210 Ph. 601-974-1346 - e-mail careercenter@millsaps.edu
6.*Mississippi College Career Center - Suzi Nyberg, P.O. Box 4010 Clinton, MS 39058 - Fax 601-925-3909 - e-mail Nyberg@mc.edu
7.* Tougaloo College Career Planning - Tekesia McClendon, 500 West County Line Rd. Jackson, MS 39174 - Ph. 601-977-7817 e-mail tmcclendon@tougaloo.edu
8. *University of Mississippi Career Center - Jonathon Harrington, Ph. 662-915-7165 e-mail jonathan@career.olemiss.edu
9. *University of Southern Mississippi Career Planning - Tina Trigg, SS Box 5014, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 - Ph. 601-266-4153 e-mail cpp@usm.edu
10. *Alcorn State University Career Placement - Al W. Johnson, P.O. Box 390, Lorman, MS 39096 - Ph. 601-877-6325, Fax 601-877-6324 e-mail careers@lorman.alcorn.edu
11.*Jackson State University - Alisa Hughes, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson MS 39217 - Ph. 601-979-2477 e-mail alisa.s.hughes@jsums.edu https://jsums-csm.symplicity.com/employers
12. Mississippi Valley State University - Career Development, 1400 Highway 82 West, Itta Bena, MS 38941, Ph. 662-254-9041
13. Mississippi University for Women - Career Services, 1100 College Street MUW-1624, Columbus, MS 39701-5800, Ph. 662-329-4750
14. Department of Veteran's Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, Attn: Jennifer Armwood Ph. 601-364-7049 e-mail jennifer.armwood@va.gov
15. Employee Referral/word of mouth
16. Walk In/Phone In
17. Internship
ADVERTISING SOURCES (Trades, Newspapers, Associations or Websites)
18. Mississippi Association of Broadcasters - 15 Northtown Dr. Jackson, MS 39211
Ph. 601-957-9121 FAX 601-957-9175 - www.msbroadcasters.org
19. RTNDA - 1600 K Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006 - Ph. 202-467-5202 e-mail nicolen@rtnda.org
20. Media Line - Mark Shilstone, P.O. Box 51909, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 - Ph. 800-237-8073 e-mail mark@medialine.com
21. Clarion Ledger - Lisa Parkman, 210 South Congress, Jackson, MS 39201 - Ph. 601-961-7100, Fax 601-961-7286
22. WLBT.com
23. WLBT Station Bulletin Board
24. NAB - e-mail nab@nab.org OR www.nab.org/bcc
25. TV Jobs.com - Mark Holloway e-mail admin@tvjobs.com
26. Graeme Newell Marketing Ideanet - slizik@602communications.com Sandy Lizik
27. Careerwomen.com
28. Diversitysearch.com
29. NAJA.com Native American Journalists Association
30. NAHJ.org National Association of Hispanic Journalists
31. Raycom Media website
32. Mississippi State University www.career.msstate.edu
33. WLBT Promo and PSA's
34. WLBT Sales Recruitment Commercial
35. AAJA.org Asian American Journalists Association
36. Brown College, Amber Luckie-Television and Communication Career Services, 1440 Northland Drive, Mendota Heights, MN 55120 Ph. 651-905-3465 https://my.browncollege.edu/mycampus/employer/ Email: Aluckie-parks@browncollege.edu
37. Antonelli College - Ron Ainsworth, Director of Career Services, 2323 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS 39232 Ph. 601-362-9991 Fax 601-362-2333 www.antonellicollege.edu
38. ExecuStaff - Dianne Alford, 962 North Street, Jackson, MS 39202, Ph. 601-353-4800 Fax 601-714-4678
39. Mississippi Association of Broadcasters - Job Fair
40. TV News Gigs - Attn: Stacey Chaloux, 318 SE Jackson Street, Lee's Summit, MO 64063 or email info@tvnewsgigs.com
41. Pro Resources - Attn: Shan Chambers, 1553 E. County Line Road, #202, Jackson, MS , Ph. 601-206-5522, Fax 601-206-5545 **Fax Form in file for all job openings
42. WLBT Assistant Affiliate Controller Commercial
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES
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Complete this form for every event or program established by, sponsored by, or participated in by the Station Employment Unit as part of the supplemental outreach initiatives elected.
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Date(s) of Initiative Event(s): (Ongoing)
Describe Nature of Initiative:
| Job Shadowing and Mentoring |
Describe Scope of Broadcasters' Participation (including names of any other sponsoring or participating organizations):
| Local high school student and college student spends a day shadowing an employee to determine if that business offers a future career path for their interest. WLBT News Producer coordinated and accommodated the job shadow for 1 Clinton High School student. He instructed the student here at the station in communications related topics throughout the year. |
Names of Station Personnel involved in Initiative:
| Charley Jones, Executive News Producer |
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES
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Complete this form for every event or program established by, sponsored by, or participated in by the Station Employment Unit as part of the supplemental outreach initiatives elected.
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Date(s) of Initiative Event(s): (Ongoing)
Describe Nature of Initiative:
| Full-time job postings on minority websites. |
Describe Scope of Broadcasters' Participation (including names of any other sponsoring or participating organizations):
| All job openings in top 5 EEO categories are posted on the websites of media trade groups whose membership includes substantial participation by women and minorities, including: Diversity Search Career Women National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) National American Journalists Association (NAJA) |
Names of Station Personnel involved in Initiative:
| Glenda Terry - Regional Business Office |
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES
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Complete this form for every event or program established by, sponsored by, or participated in by the Station Employment Unit as part of the supplemental outreach initiatives elected.
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Date(s) of Initiative Event(s): (Ongoing)
Describe Nature of Initiative:
| Student Internship Program |
Describe Scope of Broadcasters' Participation (including names of any other sponsoring or participating organizations):
| WLBT-TV offers internships to college students as a way to assess jobs and job readiness. These internships are granted to junior and senior students majoring in Communications, Mass Communications, Journalism and Broadcast Journalism from various accredited colleges and universities throughout the U.S. who have received the approval from the Dean/Chairman and/or academic advisor of their respective department(s). Upon successful completion of the program, the student received 3-4 hours of credit and a letter grade. Students were assigned to work with specific News Department staffers. Spring 2008................1 (Intern assigned to Newsroom)
Summer 2008..............8 (Interns assigned to Newsroom) Fall 2008.....................1 (Intern assigned to Newsroom)
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Names of Station Personnel involved in Initiative:
| Galean Stewart, Producer/News Department Internship Coordinator |
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES
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Complete this form for every event or program established by, sponsored by, or participated in by the Station Employment Unit as part of the supplemental outreach initiatives elected.
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Date(s) of Initiative Event(s): September 2008
Describe Nature of Initiative:
| Mississippi College Fall 2008 Part-Time Job Fair Interviewed students interested in WLBT Internship program. |
Describe Scope of Broadcasters' Participation (including names of any other sponsoring or participating organizations):
| Galean Stewart represented WLBT. |
Names of Station Personnel involved in Initiative:
| Galean Stewart, Producer/News Department Internship Coordinator |
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES
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Complete this form for every event or program established by, sponsored by, or participated in by the Station Employment Unit as part of the supplemental outreach initiatives elected.
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Date(s) of Initiative Event(s): January 21, 2009
Describe Nature of Initiative:
| WLBT Hosts Job Fair at Northpark Mall WLBT hosts a job fair for businesses in and around the Jackson, MS area to attract the job seeker. |
Describe Scope of Broadcasters' Participation (including names of any other sponsoring or participating organizations):
| List of participating businesses: AT & T, MS Institute ANC, Memphis Police Dept., Dillard's, US Army, Spherion, New York Life, Jackson Public Schools, Aerotek, Comcast, Impact Staffing, MS State Hospital, MS Dept. of Corrections |
Names of Station Personnel involved in Initiative:
| Frankie Thomas - General Sales Manager Cedric Grizzell - Classified Internet Sales Tina Leung - Internet Sales Director |
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL OUTREACH INITIATIVES
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Complete this form for every event or program established by, sponsored by, or participated in by the Station Employment Unit as part of the supplemental outreach initiatives elected.
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Date(s) of Initiative Event(s): December 2008/January2009
Describe Nature of Initiative:
| Provide training to management level personnel as to methods of ensuring equal employment opportunity and preventing discrimination. |
Describe Scope of Broadcasters' Participation (including names of any other sponsoring or participating organizations):
| WLBT-TV, through its parent company Raycom Media, provided an on-line training course titled "Discrimination-Free Workplace". This on-line training course was completed by all station Department Heads and hiring supervisors. The course covered what constitutes discrimination and how to prevent it from occurring in the workplace. |
Names of Station Personnel involved in Initiative:
| Dan Modisett - General Manager Frank Carlisle - Regional Affiliate Controller Francine Thomas - General Sales Manager David Bunger - Marketing Manager Dennis Smith - News Director Glenda Terry - Regional HR/Payroll Administrator Peggy Jeter - Local Sales Manager Curtis McKnight - Chief Engineer Elvin Crisp - Production Manager |
| Attached copies and documentation demonstrating performance of chosen initiatives (e.g., pamphlets, advertisements, letters, emails, faxes). |
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