FREELANCE OPPORTUNITIES

Nationwide freelance opportunities exist at a Television and Radio station.
Interested candidates can apply as Freelance Reporters, Freelance Marketing officers, Freelance Camera Operators and Freelance Video Editors
Applicants according to the advert in The Guardian of Thursday, October 18, page 75  are required to send CV to: gs-limited@yahoo.com
They should indicate their state of residence and the job title of interest.
Successful candidates will be stationed in his or her state of residence.

MASS COMMUNICATION LECTURERS WANTED

A reputable school of mass communication in Lagos  has invited  application from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions in the school:
1. Lecturer 1 [ contiss 11 ]
    The candidates must possess a master degree in mass communication or allied discipline from a recognized institution with at least five years teaching and / research experience. Contribution to scholarly publications will be an added advantage.
2. Lecturer 11 [ contiss 9 ]
     The Candidate must possess a master's degree in Mass Communication or Allied Discipline from recognized institution plus at least three post secondary teaching experiences. Contribution to scholarly publications will be an added advantage.  
3. Lecturer 111 ( contiss 8)
      The Candidate must possess a master's degree in Mass Communication or Allied Discipline plus at least two years post secondary teaching experience
4. Lecturer (Entrepreneurial Education)
      The person will be responsible for development of   entrepreneurial skills in student to facilitate job creation tendencies.
The candidate must possess a first degree in mass communication or allied field and a master's degree in Business related and a master's degree in mass communication (Earned through appropriate bridging programme).
The candidate must be good at developing and teaching mass communication-oriented business ideas. Successful candidate for (4) shall be placed on appropriate salary scale commensurate with his/her qualification and experience.
Only shortlisted candidates  would be invited for interview. All applications including photocopies of credentials, curriculum vitae and day time telephone numbers should reached the undersigned not later than two weeks from October 9, 2012. The Advertiser, P.O.Box 5955, Ikeja, Lagos.

DON'T IGNORE THAT TINY VACANCY ADVERT

As Program Officer of Media Career Services part of  the job schedule of Tayo Babalola was to track job vacancies and advertisements in newspapers and magazines.
She once spotted what she considered a very small advert on vacancy for the editor of a new publication. She was not sure if  the advert was worth including in her compilation and asked for my opinion.
I almost agreed with her but for a quick recollection of how I got my first job in 1986.
The advert through which I got my job then in the defunct Daily Times was smaller than the one we were considering.
Back then, the publishing organization indicated it required the services of writers and marketing executives.
The writers should be graduates of English or Mass Communication. I applied for the job and it turned to be that of a magazine called Contractor . I never heard of the magazine before then despite being familiar with major magazines in the country. As a student I bought magazines and newspapers regularly.
I got hired at Contractor magazine as a writer but it was not the kind of place I wanted to work or the kind of job I had dreamt of.
I endured for months combining my work as a writer with that of being a marketing executive and executive errand boy when the need arises.
My break came on a day while on duty.  I ran into a classmate who gave me a note to   a Public Relations Manager of an Advertising agency.  The manager told me there was no vacancy in his place but gave me a note to another editor who in turn sent me to another colleague of his in another newspaper where  I eventually got a job  I did for about 12 years.
However small the vacancy is, don’t ignore it. It may be the stepping stone you need for your breakthrough like in own my case.

By Lekan Otufodunrin is a journalist and media career development specialist