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Want to work for YP.com Nuclear Blast KTM?
(December 23, 2015) – If you are a hard working, dedicated individual looking to get into the moto industry…YP.com Nuclear Blast KTM has the short cut you’ve been waiting for! The team is looking for a couple qualified individuals to complete its Race Day Operations crew to help with all jobs for the 250 West rounds of the 2016 Monster Energy Supercross Series.
Some of the jobs successful candidates will be required to perform are:
-Set up and tear down pit canopies, skirting, backdrops etc.
-Wash bikes
-Direct support to mechanics during practice and night program
-Set up and maintain hospitality area
-Help sponsors onsite with promotional items
-Maintain professional pit presence
All positions are unpaid. Ideal candidates will be either local to the west region races or have the ability to show up for each round without the team’s assistance.
If interested, please contact YP.com Nuclear Blast KTM:
chris@mediaaxe.com
Want to work for YP.com Nuclear Blast KTM?
(December 23, 2015) – If you are a hard working, dedicated individual looking to get into the moto industry…YP.com Nuclear Blast KTM has the short cut you’ve been waiting for! The team is looking for a couple qualified individuals to complete its Race Day Operations crew to help with all jobs for the 250 West rounds of the 2016 Monster Energy Supercross Series.
Some of the jobs successful candidates will be required to perform are:
-Set up and tear down pit canopies, skirting, backdrops etc.
-Wash bikes
-Direct support to mechanics during practice and night program
-Set up and maintain hospitality area
-Help sponsors onsite with promotional items
-Maintain professional pit presence
All positions are unpaid. Ideal candidates will be either local to the west region races or have the ability to show up for each round without the team’s assistance.
If interested, please contact YP.com Nuclear Blast KTM:
chris@mediaaxe.com
It sounds like something that would be fun to do to see some behind the scenes stuff but why not just call it "looking for volunteers."
The Shop
Sounds like fun though...for one weekend!
Yes hello, mortage company... do you accept experience in lieu of actual money for my house payment? No? Shucks.
The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff.The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded.........
Didn't Abe sign that thing against slavery?
Pit Row
At least slaves didn't have to pay their own way to get to work.
A friend of mine was approached to be a transport driver for one of the larger teams a couple years ago. He'd been with FedEx Freight for 20 years in Florida and wasn't doing bad at all for himself. He made big bank there. The team said they'd need him to drive the transporter, hand wash and wax it 2x per week, set up and tear down the awnings, set up the pit area, cook all food and feed the team (food would be paid for by team), help wash bikes after each race, film each practice to let riders watch, and also rent a car (paid by team) to shuttle all team personnel to and from airports and hotels as needed. All for $600 per week.
He ended up going to work driving a transporter for a Nascar team making twice that. He doesn't set up pits, wash bikes, shuttle team personnel, or cook any food. He goes from race to race and washes the truck on the day he gets to each town. And they pay all his health insurance for family coverage. Several times this year, one of the team's drivers paid to fly him home for the weekend during the races to be with family.
Moe proof MX teams want to pay absolutely nothing for their crew members. It's shameful.
I guess it would be cool if you were 19, new to the working world and really thought that if you bust your ass you'll land yourself an industry job.
This maybe explains the sad state of industry sponsorship.
"Unpaid DudeBro here will take care of all your needs, Mr. Sponsor!"
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