I am Maersk Dora Dora. I am a Career Connection student under Chuck Dogg from Power 1051 NYC. I got into Career Connection because I was looking for a career that would utilize my talents correctly and radio and voice over seemed to be the thing to interest me most. So I looked it up on the internet and wanted to see if a broadcasting schools and whatever. Career Connections popped up and the thing that appealed to me about the program was that I wasn’t going to be inside just learning from a class of 40 people and not get any individual attention. Career Connection actually said that they would give a mentor you one on one. So I preferred that because I don’t like to waste time as far as when it comes to me bettering my self and utilizing my talents. In the classroom situation you have to raise your hand to be heard. I haven’t got to do that in Career Connections As my dudes right there. If I ask him a question he’s right there for me to ask answers me like quickly. So I get everything right then and there. That’s the best thing about Career Connections is the one on one attention that you get.

Maersk Dora Dora - Radio Connection Student   PLAY VIDEO

The training started in November six and a half years ago and within a month and a half I was asked to do morning traffic reports. I was scared to do it but I said of course. Might as well as jump in. and that’s when I did traffic reports for nearly a year. And during that time I did a few commercials and then I moved into the news department. They asked me if I liked to anchor the afternoon news and I said okay and all this building up to wanting to be a DJ but you know what I found my niche was in commercial work. I got out of the news department except for doing some reading of news. Through the school courses and through being able to work actually in the job market in the radio station I found out that commercial is where really voice over works. So I really wanted to be and my desire for being a DJ or in the limelight is gone but you know I love it. I really love it and being there for six and a half years I have seen so many people come in with their audio cassette tapes and their resumes and they all say that they have had schooling in broadcasting at a college or at one of these broadcasting schools but our program director says do you have any radio experience? And they say no and it’s well, we will keep you in mind and never to be heard from again. My foot was in the door with Roy, the general manager, because Radio Connections got me in to receive schooling from him and they said my mentor would be either a general manager or program director--somebody who has hiring capabilities and knows the market, knows what they need in talent.

                      Marie Salvador - Radio Connection Student    PLAY VIDEO