Posted in Careers, Curriculum, PR education on Oct 11th, 2008 3 Comments »
In a recent post, Ann Subervi of The Ethical Optimist blog notes that PR Programs Get Failing Grade. Her concern is based on a lack of ’smarts’ she sees in recent PR grads when it comes to some of the basic media relations skills required by her agency.
As tempting as it is to wonder why [...]
Posted in Careers on May 20th, 2008 15 Comments »
The number of posts on this blog since the beginning of the year hasn’t even kept pace with the frequency of issues of many magazines. Sorry about that. There are a couple of reasons for my posting sloth . One is that my attention has been diverted to a handful of other blogs — both [...]
Posted in Careers on Feb 20th, 2008 10 Comments »
Megan Ramsay, a Centennial postgrad PR student, asks the following question in a recent blog posting: Will being a waitress help my career in public relations? She goes on to demonstrate how many of the skills and demands in her job serving food at a Toronto East Side Mario’s have helped prepare her for the [...]
Posted in Careers on Oct 5th, 2007 Comments Off
It’s been a good week for web resources aimed at helping students prepare for a career in corporate communications and PR. Joe Thornley, who hired student blogger Chris Clarke just over a year ago to strengthen his firm’s focus on social media tactics, has interviewed Chris to get his advice for students entering the field. [...]
Posted in Careers on Sep 23rd, 2007 6 Comments »
There has been quite a bit of talk (keyboarding?) in the sphere for the past week or two about how young PR folks can best decide when and how to contribute. One of the beauties of blogdom is that the result has been lots of good advice for PR students (see the end of this [...]
Posted in Careers, PR education on May 27th, 2007 4 Comments »
This is a time of year I particularly enjoy. I’ve been meeting with student interns in the campus courtyard (where the picture on the right was taken), hearing about the experience they’ve gained, the responsibilities they’ve been given, and the jobs and contracts they’ve landed. Now, I wouldn’t want you to think everyone’s gainfully employed [...]
Posted in Careers on Mar 14th, 2007 5 Comments »
First, a simple thank you to Judy Gombita for drawing this one to my attention. Judy is a Toronto communicator who, as one of her missions in life, helps keep my e-mail inbox populated. She flagged a recent post on John Wagner’s blog, How NOT to look for a job, that bemoans the [...]
Posted in Careers on Feb 14th, 2007 1 Comment »
Students wanting to gain an insight into what it’s like to work in an entry level position in a Public Relations agency should check out Chris Clarke’s great post on his Student PR blog. Chris is a great example of a graduate whose blogging savvy helped him land a job with an agency that is [...]
Posted in Careers on Feb 13th, 2007 7 Comments »
It’s a question I get once or twice each year from students: Should I put a graded classroom assignment in my portfolio, or make the changes and insert a clean copy? I always recommend the latter. It’s really not much different than including a published story that has inevitably been edited.
Many communicators prefer to see [...]
Posted in Careers, PR education on Feb 5th, 2007 10 Comments »
We’re currently in the throes of setting up internships for our postgraduate students at Centennial. Many placement organizations pay an honorarium to student interns, some pay a salary. There are also those unable to pay (usually charitable associations) or unwilling to pay (organizations in glamorous fields used to taking on free labour).
More power to [...]