Applying for online jobs

[rapides]

I'm accustomed to the old routine. Find a sports editor, submit clips etc. I've searched on espn.com, yahoo.com and don't know who to contact to get started. Does anyone have any expertise in this area?

 

[Ace]

Not to be mean, but if you are unable to find a way online to apply for an online job, perhaps you're not suited for it.

 

[GBNF]

Ace, that was pretty mean.

Rapides - I've had similar trouble with yahoo, but ESPN has a jobs web site. They take interns/PAs around November when they start accepting applications.

Good luck buddy, live the dream...

 

[rapides]

Ace ... thanks, stud.
GBNF ... thank you.

 

[Ace]

I spent 10 seconds on ESPN.com and found this:

http://www.joinourteam.espn.com/joinourteam/

If you were looking for something more insiderish than a way to apply online, I apologize.

(Hint, most of the jobs and contact information on web sites like this are in little links on the bottom of the page.)

 

[anonymousprick]

Not for nothing, but given that both ESPN and Yahoo seem to just cherry pick who they want, I don't think someone sending in an application online sight unseen is going to have much of a shot of landing a gig.

 

[rapides]

I think I was too vague with my question ... I am at GA reporter at mid-major paper who, for obvious reasons, is curious about working online. I agree that mailing an unsolicited clips package is unlikely to land the job of my dreams. I do, however, believe I have a modicum of talent and the alternative, I suppose, is to do nothing. That said, I guess my question is this: Do sites such as ESPN.com etc. have someone known as a sports editor? Who is in charge, who would be the person who might possibly care about seeing a clips package and, ideally, would respond, "How soon can we hire the GA person at the mid-major paper with a modicum of talent?" I did do some brief research and came up wanting, thus my appeal to the board.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Ace, not everything is as well-known or reliabl as ESPN.

There are companies that do online business I've thought about applying for, but you never know what's a fly-by-night operation and what has staying power. I think that's what rapides may have meant, not to speak for them or anything.

Maybe if you found that "Apply Here" link on the Plain Dealer website, maybe you could get a..well, probably not.

 

[Ace]

I think I was too vague with my question ... I am at GA reporter at mid-major paper who, for obvious reasons, is curious about working online. I agree that mailing an unsolicited clips package is unlikely to land the job of my dreams. I do, however, believe I have a modicum of talent and the alternative, I suppose, is to do nothing. That said, I guess my question is this: Do sites such as ESPN.com etc. have someone known as a sports editor? Who is in charge, who would be the person who might possibly care about seeing a clips package and, ideally, would respond, "How soon can we hire the GA person at the mid-major paper with a modicum of talent?" I did do some brief research and came up wanting, thus my appeal to the board.

OK, then. I would try to contact one of the writers on the site. They have emails that you can usually find. They may be of more help in who wields the writer hiring clout.

 

[Ace]

Ace, not everything is as well-known or reliabl as ESPN.

There are companies that do online business I've thought about applying for, but you never know what's a fly-by-night operation and what has staying power. I think that's what rapides may have meant, not to speak for them or anything.

Maybe if you found that "Apply Here" link on the Plain Dealer website, maybe you could get a..well, probably not.

For some reason, that link is dead to me.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Ace, not everything is as well-known or reliabl as ESPN.

There are companies that do online business I've thought about applying for, but you never know what's a fly-by-night operation and what has staying power. I think that's what rapides may have meant, not to speak for them or anything.

Maybe if you found that "Apply Here" link on the Plain Dealer website, maybe you could get a..well, probably not.

For some reason, that link is dead to me.

Bummer.

 

[txscoop]

Not to be mean, but if you are unable to find a way online to apply for an online job, perhaps you're not suited for it.

Funny ****

 

[SF_Express]

Most online sites have managing editors. Dave Morgan at Yahoo, Steve Miller at Foxsports, Mark Swanson at CBSSports.com, etc.

 

[MileHigh]

And in the next couple of months, Brian White at MSNBC.com

 

[rapides]

Thanks, SF ...