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Category Archives: job hunting
Friends Helping Friends
Over the past few days, I’ve had conversations with various people about everything ranging from “What should I do?” to “Where should I go?” to “Is it really worth it?”. I think we managed to get to a final conclusion/decision in … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Critical Thinking, feedback, Inspiration, job hunting, job search, mentoring, networking, Planning, pleasure, PR, professional organizations, PRSA Boston, PRSA Tampa Bay, public relations, Public Relations Society of America, Thinking, Time management
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Community, Courtesy, Decisions, friendship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Management, mistakes, Productivity, public relations, Relationships
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“Ch…ch…changes”
We’re closing in on the third anniversary of the signing and handshake that finalized our “Where do we retire?” planning and landed us here in Riverview, Florida. For anyone who has paid even the slightest attention to my places-lived record … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Curry College, Evaluation, Inspiration, job hunting, job search, networking, Planning, public relations, The University of Tampa, Thinking, University of Tampa
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Management, mistakes, Perceptions, teaching
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Where Do We Go From Here?
No surprise here…I have NO idea what the future holds for any of us. The optimist in me says “Hang in there. Things WILL get better.” The world has been through other, at the time equally daunting, challenges and somehow … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Critical Thinking, Curry College, Education, Evaluation, feedback, Inspiration, internships, job hunting, job search, Leadership, mentoring, networking, Planning, PR, PR students, public relations, The University of Tampa, Thinking, Time management, University of Tampa
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Paying It Back…and Forward!
Let’s face it. We don’t…not a single one of us does…get where we are in life without the encouragement and help of others. If you look back on it, there has been someone who you have turned to at some … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Critical Thinking, Curry College, Evaluation, feedback, Inspiration, job hunting, job search, mentoring, Planning, professional organizations, PRSA, PRSA Tampa Bay, public relations, The University of Tampa, Thinking, Undergraduate Communication, University of Tampa
Tagged Challenges, Education, learning, lessons learned, Productivity, Relationships
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You Can DO This!
I had a moment of “Wow, they really get it!” excitement the other day in my “Introduction to Public Relations” class at The University of Tampa. We had had a guest speaker talking about her current, very cool job and … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Education, feedback, Inspiration, internships, job hunting, job search, Planning, PR, PR students, public relations, Thinking, Undergraduate Communication, University of Tampa
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Decisions, Education, intern, internship, learning, lessons, lessons learned, public relations, teaching
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“And You Wonder Why ‘No One Called Me Back’”
I know. I harp on this all the time. My Curry College students in particular, as well as now my University of Tampa students, know the drill all too well. A TON of red ink circling various words and phrases … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, feedback, internships, job hunting, job search, public relations, University of Tampa
Tagged Challenges, learning, lessons learned, writing
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Your Career and You: “Just Do It”
I used those three words… “Just Do It™”…in my last post with a tip of the literary hat to Nike for beating me to the punch. But this week’s activities have really driven home the true meaning of the saying. … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Code of Ethics, Communication, Critical Thinking, Curry College, Education, Ethics, Inspiration, internships, job hunting, job search, Planning, PR students, PRSA, PRSA Tampa Bay, public relations, Thinking
Tagged Challenges, Change, Creativity, deadlines, Decisions, Education, Enthusiasm, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Management, Productivity, Professionalism, public relations, Relationships, teaching, workload
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Your Career and You: “Dare to Dream”
Three simple words that my “home” from 2004-2017, Curry College, proudly and confidently displays around campus for students to see, think about, and aspire to. Samuel Silas Curry championed this thought…and I embraced it wholeheartedly from “Day One” of my … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Critical Thinking, Education, feedback, Inspiration, job hunting, job search, mentoring, networking, Planning, pleasure, PR, PR students, public relations, Thinking
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, Education, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, Relationships, teaching
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Your Career and You: “‘Customer Service’? Or ‘Sales Pitch’?”
I read a terrific post by David Meerman Scott recently that rekindled my ongoing passion for spectacular customer service. Then I made my second trip to a local car dealer to get some critical recall replacement work done on my … Continue reading
Your Career and You: “Reading Minds”
A brief…and, as yet unresolved…conversation with a former student reminded me of one of the key guidelines for getting ahead in your job… “Tell them what you’re thinking.” I’m not pointing accusing fingers at anyone here. I’m as guilty of … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Challenges, Change, Decisions, learning, lessons, lessons learned, Productivity, Relationships
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