In a previous post, “Privacy Warning!” I warned about cleaning up your Facebook and MySpace accounts during your job search because more and more employers are viewing applicant profiles on these sites in the selection process. I recently came across an article that I wanted to share with you all regarding “Digital Dirt.” It goes further than these online communities. As a job applicant, you must ensure that your reputation is favorable on the entire web. The article “How to Clean Up Your Digital Dirt Before It Trashes Your Job Search” by Jared Flesher offers some great tips in this area. I encourage you to read the article and apply their suggestions in your job search.
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Posted in Misc. Career Insight, The View From HR April 30th, 2007 by Michael Mardis | No comments
Forward Podcast 22 is an interview with Stephen Davies of prblogger.com about his experiences as one of the world’s first student PR bloggers and the young PR professional who has been blogging continuously for the longest period of time.
Stephen studied at the University of Sunderland in Northern England and became one of the better known UK PR bloggers during his time there. His blog led him to a move to London for his first job with Edelman and he has since moved to leading UK Consumer agency Frank PR.
In this podcast Stephen looks back at the history of his blog and gives insights into his success. Stephen’s experience with prblogger.com is a great example for other young PR pros and students considering entering the blogosphere to follow.
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Posted in Public Relations, Technology, Misc. Career Insight, New Tools, New Media, Podcast April 15th, 2007 by Forward Podcast | 5 comments
An interesting discussion took place on Julie Rusciolelli’s PR Maven blog a couple of months ago regarding PR students and information interviews.
Being a public relations student, I’ve heard the term “information interview” float freely through the lobbies and lecture halls of my college since I started school back in January. From what I understand, academia has been having a love affair with the information interview for a long time. It’s a great way for students to tap into the knowledge of an experienced practitioner and make valuable connections in the PR community.
But is the information interview becoming outdated?
As pointed out in the post on PR Maven, the internet has become an excellent source of information for students looking to get into public relations. The increasing popularity of social media is making it easier for students to tap into the thoughts of industry leaders without actually having to meet with them.
Has technology transformed the information interview into nothing more than a job interview in disguise? Are students really going in for information, or are they just looking for the quickest way to get a foot in the door?
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Posted in FAQs and Tips, Interviewing, Job Hunting, Public Relations, Misc. Career Insight April 12th, 2007 by Scott Mac Donald | 14 comments
Friend of Forward Peter Himler (listen to our podcast with him from last year) has just written a post that should make all our PR student readers smile - a list of US PR job databases, and this analysis of the industry:
A quick scan of the myriad job postings tells us something about the vitality of the industry: it’s booming! So with college graduations fast approaching, the entry-level crowd has few excuses for finding a niche in the PR biz.
Here is a list of US PR job databases from Peter’s post:
Peter points out that he has probably missed a few, so share any other places to search for PR jobs in the comments. I know that personally I found PR agency websites and the job search function at LinkedIn to be pretty useful.
And of course we’ve got global reach here at Forward - so let us know where to look for jobs in your neck of the woods as well!
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Posted in Uncategorized April 6th, 2007 by Paull Young | 15 comments
Forward Podcast 21 aims to give advice to young PR professionals in their first PR agency jobs (interns, AAE’s, AE’s) to help them get ahead.
Paull Young asks two of Canada’s leading PR bloggers and podcasters, David Jones and Ed Lee, to share some thoughts from their lengthy experience in PR agencies.
David Jones is a Senior Vice President at Fleishman Hillard, Toronto, and one half of the excellent Inside PR podcast. Ed Lee is a senior consultant at iStudio and the author of Blogging Me, Blogging You. Between the two of them they have 19 years of experience in PR agencies.
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Posted in Internships, Public Relations, Podcast April 2nd, 2007 by Forward Podcast | 5 comments
