Not Sure What You Want to Do? Take a Gap Year

Q. I graduated from high school in May and am supposed to start college in two weeks, but I’m trying to talk my parents into letting me delay college for a year so I can travel and figure out what I really want to do with my career. I think I want to go into…… Continue reading Not Sure What You Want to Do? Take a Gap Year

Leaving on a Jet Plane: How Going Abroad Could Jumpstart Your Public Relations Career

By Philipp Jago In the course of your studies, you, an aspiring public relations master, might come to the point where you think about going abroad, maybe for a semester or even a full year. As your mind conjures up vivid images of you traveling to new places, meeting new people and studying new concepts,…… Continue reading Leaving on a Jet Plane: How Going Abroad Could Jumpstart Your Public Relations Career

Pros, Cons and Costs of Overseas Internships

  Students lucky enough to land overseas internships add an impressive, “take-notice” dimension to their resumes and work experience.  But the overseas experience generally isn’t easy to make happen, and it doesn’t come without significant costs. Like university-sponsored study abroad programs, some overseas internships can result in academic credit but that further drives up the cost of the experience.  Finding overseas…… Continue reading Pros, Cons and Costs of Overseas Internships