It’s the season to recognize outstanding student work being done in public relations, and one of the best awards programs takes place in America’s heartland at the University of Oklahoma. The Zenith Awards recognizes exceptional public relations efforts of undergraduate students from U.S. colleges. Originally organized as a joint effort by the University of Central Oklahoma…… Continue reading Top Student PR Efforts Receive Zenith Awards
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Career Management: A 3-Legged Stool
Effectively managing your career in the economy of 2011 is a vastly different world than it was just a few short years ago. No longer does it suffice to have just a resume of qualifications and access to job boards and a few connections to executive search firms. Managing a career in the public…… Continue reading Career Management: A 3-Legged Stool
Employee Communication: Let’s Move From Knowing to Doing
Early in my career, my boss called me into his office and told me I was being given responsibility for employee communication. “What did I do to deserve this punishment,” is what I thought at the time. While I have long since changed my mind about the value of employee communication, perceptions about the step-child of PR have changed slowly…… Continue reading Employee Communication: Let’s Move From Knowing to Doing
PR Salary Survey: Focus on Relevance, Flexibility
Karen Bloom I’ve been a professional recruiter for, well let’s just say many years, and the one thing I can say about PR industry salaries is that regardless of the year, and regardless of the economy, salaries for junior- to mid-level pros have remained pretty consistent. So, what’s so different about salaries and the…… Continue reading PR Salary Survey: Focus on Relevance, Flexibility
4 Guideposts for Unemployed PR Pros
Edward M. Bury, APR In September my position as Senior Director of Public Relations for a real estate association was eliminated due to budget constraints. This has been a challenging time for me and many others in public relations and other industries. But it’s also a time to think, grow and reinvent myself for…… Continue reading 4 Guideposts for Unemployed PR Pros
Mind Your Manners: Digital Etiquette
I visited some of my favorite relatives in Indiana over the weekend. At one point, a Blackberry started vibrating and the owner of that PDA immediately began to read the message. The other three of us accepted this as a good time to check our messages, which we were doing when my cousin walked into the room and sarcastically…… Continue reading Mind Your Manners: Digital Etiquette
Student Resume Boost Costs $50
Gary McCormick, Rebecca Timms, Betsy Plank During yesterday’s Plank Center board meeting, I realized I was sitting across the table from three generations of PRSA leadership–Betsy Plank, founder of PRSSA Champions and first woman to chair PRSA; Gary McCormick, chair-elect of PRSA, and Rebecca Timms, national president, PRSSA. During a break, I told them that when…… Continue reading Student Resume Boost Costs $50
Networking 101: Essential to Career Success
A record crowd showed up at 7 a.m. last Thursday for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. Nearly 2,000 attended the Executives’ Club luncheon in the same ballroom that afternoon. A group of PR professionals holds frequent networking events under the Facebook handle of Chicago PR-TY. Many organizations, including PRSA, organize networking groups of young professionals. …… Continue reading Networking 101: Essential to Career Success
Gain PR Insights Via Silver Anvil Winners
There are numerous awards programs but the three biggies, including PR Week and SABRE, but the granddaddy is the coveted Silver Anvil presented by PRSA. I attended two of the three programs this year and judged several categories in the other, so I got a great overview of the incredible work being done in our…… Continue reading Gain PR Insights Via Silver Anvil Winners
Graduating into a Recession
A friend told me today that his daughter graduates from Notre Dame this weekend, and he’s terrified about her job prospects. I agreed when he confided that she’s only sent out 10 resumes so far because she feels her job chances are hopeless. Like the lottery slogan, you can’t win if you don’t play. The May issue…… Continue reading Graduating into a Recession