Career
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Finding a new home & a new job in a new city
Searching for a job is a daunting task. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a recent graduate or a professional just looking for a change, job searching is often an overwhelming undertaking. When you’re in the need for a change of scenery it becomes a whole new monster. If you’re looking to make the leap to a new city with your career there are plenty of ways to jumpstart your job search before you even pack your bags: Research Prospects in Your New City. Searching for a new job should always start with outlining what you’re looking for. A few questions to ask yourself as you begin searching could be: What…
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Crafting a Vision
Every worthy dream and goal needs a great path to get you there. And while I am all for doing things spur of the moment, trying new things and having adventures, I do believe that having a solid vision is important to living a mindful life. Whatever you have on your plate or ahead of you, having a vision and a plan can help you to find focus and get yourself from Point A to Point B and beyond. When I started this blog, I had been following other career and PR girl blogs like NYC PR Girls, PR Blonde, Kayla Hollatz, and PR Couture for a while. I’ve had…
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Is PR right for you?
It’s that time of year again – graduation season. Whether you’re leaving the familiar cocoon of campus with your newly-minted degree or exploring some options in between semesters, it’s important to ask yourself along the way to the career of dreams. PR can be a demanding career and it requires a particular skill set to excel. Do you think you have what it takes? PR might be the career for you if… …you are detail oriented. It’s true, the devil is in the details. A PR pro must meticulously review and plan every little thing that is released, shared or created for your client. Whether it’s social media, editorial…
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Finding Focus
The past month, as well as the month ahead, have my calendar jam-packed with things to do. Between traveling, working, blogging (have I mentioned I now write for 4 blogs?!), keeping up with going to the gym, keeping up with friends and family, and, finally, maintaining my own sanity, I’ve been having a hard time focusing for very long. And by “very long,” I mean “I have the attention span of a gnat.” This past week, I felt inspired by The Everyday Elegance‘s post on how to refocus after Spring Break and decided to try to find my own ways to focus while being as busy as I am.
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Ask A PRo: Job Search Tips from Lauren Berger
It’s that time of year – time to refine your job and internship search with the end of the semester nearing. To help clear up some misconceptions, I sat down with Lauren Berger, CEO/Founder of InternQueen.com and LaurenBergerInc.com, and author of All Work, No Pay and Welcome to the Real World. Lauren answered the questions I had about the job search, internships, following up and how PR girls should approach the process.
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Taking Your Own Headshot
I’ve been working on sharpening my online presence lately. So I’ve gone through and deleted the ones I don’t use anymore and updated the information on the ones that I do use. The thing I’m having the most difficulty with is updating my LinkedIn photo. Having taken my last professional-looking headshot a few years ago in college, it was definitely time to update. Since it’s winter and I want to wait for beautiful weather for a nice photoshoot, I’ve opted for taking my own headshot. Truth be told, it’s a bit easier than it seems.
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Grammar & Style for the Digital Age
Happy National Grammar Day, y’all! I have a deep respect for the rules of grammar and usage and a love of all its intimate properties. Grammar and language are beautiful things when used properly. Even with our regional dialects and quirks – I live in the land of Pittsburghese where “dahntahn” is a place and “yinz” replaces my beloved “y’all” – I still find words to be mighty when wielded with care. But how important are the rules of grammar and usage in the digital age? Handwritten letters have gone the way of the dodo, every one of our devices has spell check standard and “wut r u up 2?”…
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Diary of a PRo: Crosby Noricks
March’s PRo is Crosby Noricks, fashion PR extraordinaire & founder of PR Couture. Crosby is not only a fashion PR powerhouse, she’s also a superstar mentor. Her blog is chock full of tips and advice for aspiring PR girls – it’s one of my must-reads every morning! Let’s jump in & find out a little more about Crosby!
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Career Lessons from House of Cards
I, like many, many other twenty-somethings, love House of Cards. The show is genius, both in its delivery and in its content, including the dialogue. Here are my favorite lines, interpreted as career advice, especially for the PR girl. “Even Achilles was only as strong as his heel.” This is so simple it’s astounding. Maybe you’re writing skills are not quite as good as you’d like them to be. Work on it! Seeing no results for all your pitching efforts? Improve them! Don’t let something you can easily work to improve bring you down.
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Staying confident when you don’t have the answers
Let’s set the scene: You’re in a client meeting, going over details for an upcoming campaign. You’ve run through all the pertinent information, answered a bunch of questions and you’re confident you’ve hit all the bases and are ready to get out of the meeting and move onto other things. But wait – your client has one more question to ask. You listen attentively and open your mouth to answer when the question is complete but – oh no! – you don’t actually know the answer! You begin to sweat and you’re at a loss. What do you do now? Like those Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books I loved as a kid (and…