| Earning money and living a happy and satisfactory | | | | graduate, but a degree in mass communication surely |
| lifestyle, is the dream of every individual. Everyone | | | | adds to the profile of the candidate. Also, the |
| wants to do a prosperous job in the area of his | | | | requirement and demand of radio stations, varies |
| interest, and produce best of the results, by putting in all | | | | according to their target audience, so for grabbing a |
| his talent and calibre. The efficiency of an employee is | | | | job in the radio, a radio jockey has to work according |
| judged by the levels of productivity he is giving to the | | | | to the terms and conditions of the radio station. |
| organisation. Every job, demands more than the work | | | | Following are few of the points that a candidate should |
| level of the employee, to gain maximum benefit out of | | | | possess, before applying for the job of a radio jockey: |
| the investment, the organisation does by hiring an | | | | 1.) Voice of the radio jockey should very |
| employee. There are various sectors in the job | | | | harmonious and appealing. It should be such that the |
| industry, out of which a person can choose the job of | | | | listeners go mad for listening, just hello of the jockey. |
| his choice. The job, which a person chooses, | | | | He should have the power to catch hold the attention |
| corresponds to his interest and the personality type, | | | | of a large number of listeners. |
| the person possesses. There are jobs in the industry, | | | | 2.) Creativity, imagination and innovative approach |
| which not only provide money to the employee, but | | | | are the factors, which are must for the job of a radio |
| also land up in making the person popular. | | | | jockey. A candidate must be creative enough to |
| Media Jobs are mostly linked with the popularity part | | | | entertain his audience according to their interests and |
| of the work profile. Media jobs also has many | | | | requirements. |
| categories and types, like one can work in television, | | | | 3.) Spontaneity is the key to success for a radio |
| radio, journalism, films, internet, newspapers, magazines, | | | | jockey, the job profile of a radio jockey, demands a |
| etc. Out of all these the jobs in the field of radio | | | | person to be very spontaneous and artistic. The radio |
| jockeying is becoming very popular these days. More | | | | channel cannot bare the silence in the recorded |
| and more number of youngsters are showing interest | | | | material, not even for few seconds; therefore, one has |
| in the field of radio jockey, to prove their skills in front | | | | to be very quick in his approach of answering queries |
| of the whole world. The numbers of Job opportunities | | | | of the callers. |
| are increasing with the rising popularity of radio as a | | | | 4.) The radio jockey has to be fully versed with |
| medium of entertainment. Launch of new radio | | | | the languages used by the people of the city or the |
| channels can also be seen, all over the country, on | | | | state he is working in. The vocabulary of the radio |
| quick bases, which again has lead to an increased | | | | jock, should be outstanding and should have the |
| demand of radio jockeys to entertain and inform | | | | capability to present same thing in different ways to |
| people. | | | | the listener. |
| The job of a radio jockey is very exciting and | | | | 5.) The job of a radio jockey, demands the |
| interesting, as the jock, deals with a number of issues | | | | person to be very informative and knowledgeable. He |
| affecting the common masses and also the frequency | | | | should keep himself well informed about the latest |
| of their shows is quite high. The duration of the radio | | | | happenings of the society. |
| shows is also long as compared to the shows on | | | | Other than this, the radio jockey, should be an |
| Television. A radio jockey, needs to maintain a healthy | | | | extrovert person to be able to jell well with his listeners |
| balance between the information and the | | | | and make them comfortable while talking to them. |
| entertainment, to keep the interest of the listeners alive | | | | Though, the job of a radio jockey looks very simple |
| in their show. As such there is no basic requirement in | | | | and easy, but one has to put in lot of efforts to |
| terms of educational qualification, for the job of a radio | | | | produce an amazing broadcast for radio. |
| jockey, other than the common criteria of being a | | | | |