By Andrew Gagen “Looks like a job hopper”. That’s something a recruiter hears quite often. Clients review a resume and look at the employment dates. If someone has switched jobs frequently it causes a red flag. When it comes to switching jobs, how often is too often? That’s what I wanted to find out. According…… Continue reading Avoid Looking Like a Job Hopper
Pair Passion with Practicality for Optimum and Early Career Success
Kudos to long-time friend Rita Dragonette for creating and funding an innovative scholarship that will enhance future employment prospects for five lucky liberal arts majors at her alma mater, Northern Illinois University. The $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to NIU sophomore and junior liberal arts majors who choose a business minor. As this blog has…… Continue reading Pair Passion with Practicality for Optimum and Early Career Success
Advice for Women Wanting to Succeed in Business: Take Risks, Shed Fear of Failure and Change
Five of Chicago’s top women communication leaders met with students and faculty last week at DePaul University’s College of Communication. At a program hosted by students in the Leadership 2.0 public relations and advertising class, panel members openly talked about double standards, glass ceilings and sexism in the workplace. While the panelists come from diverse…… Continue reading Advice for Women Wanting to Succeed in Business: Take Risks, Shed Fear of Failure and Change
Not Keeping Up On The News? Do So at Your Own Career Peril
During my long corporate career, I only can recall three times when a boss yelled at me. Perhaps the most vivid and preventable reprimand came when my boss asked about a newspaper article that appeared in The Wall Street Journal that morning—and he mostly got a blank stare from his Chief Communications Officer. It was…… Continue reading Not Keeping Up On The News? Do So at Your Own Career Peril
How to Maintain A Positive Impression When Things Aren’t Going Your Way
7 tips for keeping your cool when things don’t seem to be going your way.
Is a PR Job Right for You? 7 Things You Need to Know Before You Apply
By David Grover Public Relations seems to be the hot new trend in exciting careers. It’s a fast-paced, modern, and lucrative business to be in–if you can cut it. Not everyone is cut out for working PR, though there are certainly varying levels of involvement. If you’re working PR for a small start-up, your job…… Continue reading Is a PR Job Right for You? 7 Things You Need to Know Before You Apply
Advice to Communications Professionals Who Aspire to Rule the Universe: Read
By John Onoda I’ve been fortunate enough to have a career in corporate communications that has allowed me to make the acquaintance of many of the seniormost public relations professionals in North America. As you would expect, they are a remarkably talented and accomplished lot. Almost without exception, they are well read. Since founding a…… Continue reading Advice to Communications Professionals Who Aspire to Rule the Universe: Read
Bottom Line to a Successful Career: 10 Tips
For years, writing has been the consensus #1 skill demanded of top prospective public relations talent. Nothing else came close. But as the role of communicators has pivoted from being tacticians to becoming true business partners, so has the demand shifted to individuals who are not only good writers, but also who are comfortable with…… Continue reading Bottom Line to a Successful Career: 10 Tips
Celebrating Betsy Plank’s Legacy One Day at a Time
It’s no secret that the late Betsy Plank was, and is, a public relations legend. Dedicating 63 years to the public relations profession, Betsy was an advocate for PR education and understood the importance of leadership, mentorship and ethics. The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations has seen an outpouring of interest and support…… Continue reading Celebrating Betsy Plank’s Legacy One Day at a Time
It’s Not About The Awards
By Josh Ferrari I accepted an award last Monday night. My parents spent the afternoon driving up from Deltona, dog in tow, to see me. I briskly walked down the street from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications to meet them when they arrived in Gainesville. After quickly tossing them my apartment…… Continue reading It’s Not About The Awards