How To Spot And Avoid A Fake Job Posting

  By Nikki St. Martin In today’s digital age, job seekers face not only the challenge of finding the right opportunity but also navigating through the sea of online job postings, where scammers lurk, ready to prey on the unsuspecting. As aspiring professionals, it’s paramount to equip yourselves with the knowledge and discernment necessary to…… Continue reading How To Spot And Avoid A Fake Job Posting

Finding a Boyfriend and an Internship are Kind of the Same

  By Ceci Edelberg At some point in my college career, I decided that junior year was the year of relationships and internships. I’ve been saying I would have a “junior-year boyfriend” and a good junior-year summer internship since I was a freshman. So far, we have been 50% successful, and my only important announcement…… Continue reading Finding a Boyfriend and an Internship are Kind of the Same

When You Know It’s Time To Find A New Job

  By Jeremy Silverstein Does your job make you unhappy? Do you often imagine “rage quitting” or simply walking out never to return? While thinking about looking for a new job on occasion is normal, daydreaming about it almost constantly is typically a strong indicator it’s time for a change. Of course, it’s not easy…… Continue reading When You Know It’s Time To Find A New Job

Financial Fluency for Future PR Pros: Understand What Drives the Business

  By David Albritton Here’s the situation: you’re a mid-level professional who has strong aspirations to become a senior executive later in your career. You’ve begun to do the extra work to continue honing your functional and/or technical skills and leadership savvy and believe you are now poised to take the next step: executive leadership.…… Continue reading Financial Fluency for Future PR Pros: Understand What Drives the Business

What I Learned at Jobs that Aren’t On My Resume

  By Max Stewart At a certain point in your career, not every job is relevant to the story that your resume tells. At work, you are the sum total of your experiences and what you’ve learned from them, so what did your first jobs teach you?  I’m mid-career right now but when I was…… Continue reading What I Learned at Jobs that Aren’t On My Resume

Want to Attain 2024 Goals? Use Business Cards to Keep Them Simple, Achievable

  By Tim Conway Were you perplexed about New Year’s resolutions? If so, you weren’t alone. According to Forbes Health/OnePoll (October 2023), only 1% of Americans keep resolutions for 12 months. An alternative to resolutions is goals.  This method was used by a family member to guide a fulfilling career over several decades. My relative…… Continue reading Want to Attain 2024 Goals? Use Business Cards to Keep Them Simple, Achievable

GenExer Message to Millennials and GenZ: Don’t Overlook Us

  By Ann Wool Lately I have become increasingly proud of being a GenXer. It’s my tribe!    As youth we were called the slacker generation. To be sure, I don’t feel in the least bit slackerish.  And, the GenXers I know aren’t slackers either.    There are approximately 65 million of us, hovering in the…… Continue reading GenExer Message to Millennials and GenZ: Don’t Overlook Us

Mastering the Art of Humor in Public Speaking

By Jackie Edwards Injecting humor into public speaking is like a secret handshake — it instantly forges a bond with the audience, inviting them into your world with a shared chuckle. It’s the spoonful of sugar that helps the message go down, dressing up hefty ideas in delightful wit so they stick around in the…… Continue reading Mastering the Art of Humor in Public Speaking

Top 10 Posts of 2023 Cap off 15th Year of Culpwrit

  As my 15th year of being Culpwrit winds down, I enjoyed spending some time this weekend re-reading each and every post – especially those of guest contributors who generously took the time to share their advice with students and aspiring PR pros. I was not surprised that many of the “guest columnists” wrote some…… Continue reading Top 10 Posts of 2023 Cap off 15th Year of Culpwrit