You Got Skillz!

How to Let Employers Know

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Sara Kobilka
May 08, 2024

If you’re struggling making your resume and cover letter stand out for remote positions, there’s still space in my May 20th workshop, “How TV News Pros Can Land a Remote Job.”

-Sara Kobilka, Renaissance Woman Consulting
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You’ve Got What They Need!

Word cloud with the largest words being communication, technical proficiency, self-motivation, time management, collaboration and adaptability

Can you guess where this word cloud came from? (No scrolling down and cheating 😉)

If you guessed these are the skills required to work in TV News, guess again…

I used my old pal Google and pulled text from more than a dozen articles on skills employers are looking for in their remote employees. And it maps PERFECTLY onto the skills you enhanced during your time in TV News!

The connection between what you did in TV News and these skills may seem obvious to you. But for a future employer, you need to make the connections. Sure, they assume that you must be a strong communicator. But they probably don’t know:

  • The time management required to turnaround a story in time for a 5pm live shot.

  • The emotional intelligence required to interview someone on the worst day of their life.

  • The organization skills required to produce an entire newscast.

  • The technical proficiency required to create a weather forecast or to edit a video for a newscast and then share it on social media. 

  • The self-motivation required to research and pitch story ideas day after day.

And the list goes on. It’s up to you to use those storytelling skills you’ve honed to tell your own story and connect the dots for a potential employer.

Ask yourself, what news day from my TV career is the perfect example of one of the skills from the word cloud? Then start writing (or record yourself) and tell the story of that day. What’s the beginning, middle and end? Who are the characters and what is the setting? What conflict did you encounter and how was it resolved?

If you’d like help getting started with this, I invite you to join me on Monday, May 20th at 10am ET for my virtual workshop, How TV News Pros Can Land a Remote Job. We’ll spend an hour crafting these stories and supporting each other through this process. You’ll leave with a stronger cover letter and increased confidence for your future interviews.

Registration is limited to 20 participants so we can truly focus on each person’s expertise. 

Hi! I’m Sara Kobilka, owner of Renaissance Woman Consulting.

I’m a Renaissance Woman and part of my wide-ranging background includes time as a TV meteorologist/reporter. I know how valuable the skills I gained during that time have been for the many jobs I’ve had since then. Now, I work remotely with clients (including many current and former journalists) to help them confidently tell their story and navigate the transition to their next opportunity.

How to work with me this year: