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Category Archives: internships
Your Career and You: “Frustration”
We’ve just stumbled out of the infamous “dog days of summer” and are more-or-less building up courage for the inevitable frigid blasts of winter. And for many of my Curry College COM/PR students who graduated this past May, the tension … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Curry College, internships, job hunting, job search, networking, Planning, PR, PR students, public relations
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Decisions, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned
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Your Career and You: “Don’t Be Anti-‘Social’”
Okay…a random-ish thought for my Curry College COM/PR student-friends and Curry College PR Student Association members sparked by having participated in three or four Twitter chats in the past couple of weeks courtesy of colleagues scattered across the globe… How … Continue reading
Posted in Action, CCPRSA, Communication, Curry College, Curry College PR Student Association, Curry College Public Relations Student Association, feedback, internships, job hunting, job search, networking, overload, PR, PR students, professional organizations, public relations, social media, Time management
Tagged Attitude, blogging, Challenges, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, Productivity, public relations, social media
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Your Career and You: “To Be…or Not To Be…MBA?”
Conversations with my undergrad COM/PR students at Curry College cover the waterfront…from “what kind of paper should I print my resume on?” to “how do I start my job search?” and beyond. One that bubbles up more and more often, … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Critical Thinking, Curry College, Education, feedback, Graduate Communication, Inspiration, internships, job hunting, job search, networking, Planning, PR, PR students, professional organizations, PRSA Boston, public relations, Thinking, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged business management, Challenges, Change, Decisions, Education, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Management, public relations
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Your Career and You: “Dive into the Deep End”
I’ve been reading Facebook updates and blog posts by my Curry College COM/PR students that kind of tell me they’ve taken my unsolicited but sincere advice to heart. Time and again, in the classroom as well as in one-on-one meetings, I … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Critical Thinking, Curry College, internships, job hunting, job search, mentoring, networking, Planning, PR, public relations, Thinking, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Attitude, blogging, blogs, Challenges, Change, Creativity, Decisions, Education, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations
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Your Career and You: “MBA? Do Your Homework First!”
As a public relations professional now teaching the next generation(s) of PR pros at Curry College, I am often asked by students whether or not they should pursue a graduate degree. My answer is invariably “yes, but don’t rush into … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Curry College, Education, feedback, internships, job hunting, job search, liberal arts education, Planning, PR, PR students, public relations, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Attitude, business management, Decisions, Education, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, teaching
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Your Career and You: “Mentoring…Why We Do What We Do”
Mentoring…I talked about this in my last post but some cool stuff has happened since then, so bear with me… I was hit (happily) with the realization that mentoring occurs on at two levels. The one that we most often … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, internships, job hunting, job search, mentoring, networking, PR, PRSA, PRSA Boston, public relations, Public Relations Society of America, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Decisions, intern, internship, learning, public relations, teaching
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Your Career and You: “Passion for Your Profession”
A photo on Instagram taken of and posted by my friend/former Curry College student Samantha Valletta drove home for me the absolute need to love what you’re doing for a living. Samantha has multiple passions including theatre, dance, yoga…and public … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Curry College, feedback, Inspiration, internships, job hunting, job search, mentoring, networking, Planning, pleasure, PR, PR students, professional organizations, PRSA, PRSA Boston, PRSSA, public relations, Public Relations Society of America, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Attitude, Careers, Challenges, Communication Department, Communication students, Curry College, Education, Enthusiasm, intern, internship, Networking, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, teaching, Undergraduate Communication
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Your Career and You: “Nothing’s Perfect, Little Girl”
I read a terrific post on PR Daily recently entitled “8 Fundamental Truths about Public Relations” by Christina Nicholson that got me to thinking about all the things I pass on to students at Curry College who wind up in … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, Education, internships, PR, PR students, public relations, Thinking, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Attitude, Careers, Challenges, client service, communication, Communication Department, Communication students, Curry College, Education, Enthusiasm, intern, internship, negative feedback, Perceptions, Productivity, Professionalism, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, teaching, Undergraduate Communication
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Your Career and You: “Why Are We Having This Conversation?”
We’re easing in on one full month since Commencement 2016 at Curry College, where I ride herd over the Communication Department’s Public Relations Concentration and serve as Faculty Adviser to the Curry College Public Relations Student Association. My PR troops … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, Education, internships, job hunting, job search, PR students, public relations, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Careers, Challenges, communication, Communication Department, Communication students, Curry College, Education, intern, internship, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, Undergraduate Communication
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Your Career and You: “Inspiration”
For anyone who may have noticed, I’ve been kind of quiet on “Your Career and You” for a couple of months. Lot of “stuff” going on both personally and professionally, and as blues legend B.B. King would say, “The thrill [was] … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, Inspiration, internships, job hunting, job search, PR, public relations, Thinking
Tagged Careers, Communication Department, Communication students, Curry College, Education, Enthusiasm, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, teaching, Undergraduate Communication
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