With a bit of live broadcasting under your belt you re now ready to try for work experience on a full-time station. There are nearly always more jobs to be done than people available to do them. A willing, capable and free pair of hands can be very welcome. Can be, but isn t always. Work experience can be a bit of a dirty word with some radio stations who, at some time in the past, have been lumbered with a sulky lump with no skills and an attitude problem.
Work experience is a two way deal.
They give you valuable experience to put on your CV and you actually put some work in. And that, I m afraid, probably does mean doing all the shit jobs. It s largely up to you to make work experience work for you. If you sit in the corner for a month and say nothing unless you re spoken to then the whole thing will have been a waste of your time. On the other hand if you never stop asking questions or making useful suggestions they ll be glad to see the back of you.