On-call, part-time positions, The Washington Post.

[wickedwritah]

Good opportunity for the jobless, no?

Taken from jjobs.com:

Company: The Washington Post
Position:
PART-TIME ON-CALL PAID POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN
SPORTS
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia
Job Status: Part-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires:
September 19, 2007
Job ID: 815890

Description:
Part-time on-call, news aides needed to work in the Sports department at The Washington Post. Hours are nights and weekends. Duties include: assisting editors, reporters and columnists with research and interviews; answering busy phones and helping callers with questions and fielding their comments; assisting the high school sports with boxscores; writing sports briefs; and conducting general office duties such as distributing mail and photocopying. Journalism and computer experience a must. Sports background not necessarily important, but an interest in sports and sports journalism is a plus.

Interested candidates should contact: Jackie Alvarado, Sports Administrator. address: 1150 15th St. NW Washington, DC 20071 fax: 202-334-7685 email: [email protected] No phone calls please.

 

[chazp]

Shouldn't they advertise it as a sports clerk? The only writing is briefs.

 

[wickedwritah]

Shouldn't they advertise it as a sports clerk? The only writing is briefs.

Calling them part-time on-call, news aides is good enough for me.

 

[mike311gd]

That was my first job in the business -- although not at The Post -- and I'll never do it again. Of course, I wish I could have gotten my start there.

 

[wickedwritah]

Anyone know what the union scale is there? I'm thinking that working even two nights per week can help you quite a ways there, and adding in a part-time gig (work at Starbucks for benefits, since they dole them out to part-timers) would mean you'd survive. And that's all you want to do at 22, 23, 24, 25.

 

[PulitzerInTheBag]

....26, 27, 28, 29, 30. in this business at least.

 

[Hoop Time]

Tough to put together clips in a gig like that, though.

 

[FromTheBlock]

And it being "on-call" probably would make it difficult to do any free-lance on the side. So it might not be possible to get any clips together.

But still- having The Washington Post on your resume should look good to potential employers in the future.

 

[Mayfly]

You can't argue with having your foot in the door at the Post. I agree that it does look good on a resume. If nothing else, you can make connections for later in your career.