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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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#FridayFive: Spring Things
Fall is my favorite season, but spring is has a few things fall doesn’t. The flowers, the warm up, the whole world coming to life. Everything seems bright and new in the spring. While I love the slow down and the calmness of fall, spring has an advantage or two. Here’s what I’m looking forward to this spring!
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In defense of lazy weekends
Lately, every day of the week has been jam-packed for me, but I try to set aside one weekend of the month for a lazy weekend. I know plenty of people who make plans for nearly every second of their weekend and, while it’s great to make memories and have fun, I think the value of unplugging and recharging is entirely underrated. We spend so much time connected to work and other people that we don’t always realize the extent of it. Between the constant buzzing of our phones, the background noise from Netflix, Spotify or whatever other streaming service we’re connected to and the thoughts bouncing around inside our…
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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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#FridayFive: PR Girls to follow
I didn’t realize until the a couple years ago just how many loud & proud PR girls there are! It’s great to have such an amazing network online and off of likeminded ladies for support and guidance. If anything, that’s the biggest lesson I’ve found this year, and in starting this blog. It’s important for all of us PR girls to support and help each other, no matter what stage of our career we’re in. Five PR Girls To Follow
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My #AdviceForYoungJournalists
#AdviceForYoungJournalists, the hashtag sparked by Fusion’s Senior Editor Felix Salmon’s piece titled “To all the young journalists asking for advice…,” is full of advice for all those young & aspiring journalists (and PR pros too!) – if you can sort through the heaps of cynicism and sarcasm. Confession: I was a college journalist. PR is a communication-based career and heavily relies on exceptional writing skills to excel, so it should come as no surprise that PR pros and journalists sometimes work on the other side of it from time to time. When I chose PR in college, I wanted to become the best writer I could be and the best…
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#FridayFive: Job Search Resources
Job (and internship) searching is hard. Looking for jobs takes forever, applying for jobs takes even longer. Then there’s waiting to hear back about your applications, following up with your applications, waiting to schedule interviews and then waiting back for an offer. No one realizes it, but looking and applying for jobs is a full-time job in itself! These are my top five sites to search for jobs.
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#FridayFive: PR Blogs to Follow
The internet is great, with its unlimited resources, endless entertainment and ample answers. I, however, have the attention span of a fly somedays, and get lost and forget what I was looking for to begin with, so I like to keep my go-to resources all in one place. Five PR Blogs to Follow Today (in no particular order) PR Diva PR Diva is a great resource for anyone interested in PR, social media & tech at any skill level, and definitely worth following PR Couture Crosby Noricks is a fashion PR powerhouse. Her blog is a must for anyone interested in PR, especially fashion or beauty. PR Daily PR Daily is…
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The Post-Grad Struggle
Is struggling in your career a completely normal, run-of-the-mill thing? I hate to even admit this, being a Type A person, but lately I’ve been feeling a bit like I’m struggling at work. It’s a mix of “Argh! I don’t know what I’m doing!” and “Why won’t you let me do my job!” served up with a huge side of anxiety about life in general. While I don’t like admitting that I feel a little overwhelmed and a bit lost, I feel that opening up about it is a good way to figure it out, especially since I know I’m not alone in it. I like to think of it as…