[BC] I'm looking for work....too

[Craig Bowman]

That might be true in larger markets but here in Michigan I have more 
than I can do.  If I could clone myself I could probably keep two or 
three more of me busy.  When I first started my business I purchased a 
mailing list of all the Michigan broadcasters with the intentions of 
doing a direct mail piece.  I have not even had time to complete the 
brochure.  I have two stations which I know will pay which I have not 
been able to find time for since October.


Craig Bowman
Durand, MI

DANA PUOPOLO wrote:

>The problem with contracting these days is that many/most people simply don't
>pay in a timely fashion.  Rents and mortgages need to be paid on time. I
>stopped being able to provide 60 or 90 days interest free financing about the
>time my second child was born. That was a long time ago.
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>The reason many contracting businesses have gone away is because the work has
>dried up. I can't afford to sit around waiting for calls where they expect me
>to IMMEDIATELY come running. I need to eat during the lulls too! In the past,
>stations realized this and provided retainers. Alas, those days are long gone.
>Instead we're treated like plumbers, electricians and gardeners. The big
>difference is that those crafts have a much larger base of potential customers
>then we do.
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>Also, the reason many places are without contractors is because of
>consolidation. It used to be that a station had one or two bodies.  A
>contractor was a valuable asset. Now eight stations have three or four
>engineers. Managers think that the engineers are screwing around so there's no
>way they will let them bring in contractors with that many bodies about. The
>fact that they might be working twice as hard as they used to is irrelevant to
>these bozo managers!
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>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:58:00 PM PST
>From: "Mike McCarthy" <mre at ais.net>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] I'm looking for work....too
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>Actually, Both Kevin and Cowboy are right.  I too had ebb and flows in 
>my contracing business. I was VERY fortunate to have very few ebbs and 
>many flows overlapping each other.  I alays had a project of some sort 
>in motion for 15 years.
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>Chicago no longer has a full time contractor any more. Everyone has 
>side clients. But there is no one around to handle larger projects 
>locally.
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>Granted, Chicago like any other major market requires certain skills 
>and such. But for someone with the right skills and equipment 
>inventory, a decent living could be made. 
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>MM
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>>On Friday 03 February 2006 08:21, Lewis Munn wrote:
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>>>Join the crew, Paul!!
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>>>  I have been looking for engineering work, installs, tuneups, 
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>repairs, even 
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>>checked on the Big Radio conglomerates advertising for engineers on 
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>killer 
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>>schedules...no luck now for a long time.  
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>>>  Open to travel for a good job, or relocate.  But would really 
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>prefer 
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>>contracting, installs, tuneups, repairs, etc., anywhere.  But seems 
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>nobody 
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>>wants me anymore.  *sob*  
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>> It's been a slow couple of months !
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>> I think that I ( yes, even I ) posted on this very list that now 
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>would be a 
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>>good time.
>> Well, NOW I'm in Philadelphia straigntening out a 6 tower diplex 
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>that 
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>> a "challenge" recently.
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>> Be careful what you wish for !
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>> No, the rest of the year isn't filled up.........yet !
>> ( but it's looking very promising )
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>> As KK posted, those of us that choose to be contractors know that 
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>we will
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>> not be always busy all of the time, but that there will be slack 
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>periods.
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>> Often related to normal business cycles, sometimes not.
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>> Take advantage, and enjoy them, for they too, shall pass !
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>> ( I keep wishing for that six month gig in Nassau...... ) 
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>>-- 
>>Cowboy
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>>http://cowboys.homeip.net
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>>A figure with curves always offers a lot of interesting angles.
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