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Category Archives: Research
Your Career and You: “Success…A ‘Moving’ Experience”
To say that this summer has been “different” would be the grandest understatement in the history of the spoken word. Margaret (my wife) and I are in the final throes of building/buying a new (our first) home…in Florida (a new … Continue reading
Posted in Action, careers, Communication, Curry College, job hunting, job search, networking, Planning, PR, PR students, professional organizations, PRSA, PRSA Boston, PRSSA, public relations, Public Relations Society of America, Research
Tagged Challenges, Change, Decisions, lessons, lessons learned, Perceptions, public relations, Relationships
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Your Career and You: “Public Relations and Ironing Clothes”
It’s Sunday morning, and I’ve just wrapped up the first set of tasks that I’ve inherited over the past 40-plus years of married life, one of which is ironing clothes. I actually enjoy this chore, and I used to think … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Communication, Evaluation, Planning, PR, public relations, Research, Thinking
Tagged Attitude, Challenges, public relations
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Your Career and You: “Just Do It®”
I write a lot about how my own experiences shaped my personal and professional life and how, sometimes, you just have to trust your instincts and do something. To use a phrase that my undergrad Communication students at Curry College … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Communication, Curry College, feedback, job hunting, job search, mentoring, public relations, Research, Thinking, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Challenges, Communication Department, Communication students, Curry College, Education, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, Undergraduate Communication
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Your Career and You: “It’s Critical…Thinking”
I did a little exercise over the weekend that brought home the reality that not all my students are familiar with the concept of proactive thinking. What precipitated this revelation was an “extra credit” opportunity that I offered to all … Continue reading
Your Career and You: “Know Where To Look”
I had a somewhat frustrating experience recently trying to help a group of would-be public relations practitioners understand the basic rules of grammar and punctuation. These are reasonably bright young men and women…juniors and seniors…all of whom should know how … Continue reading
Posted in careers, Curry College, Graduate Communication, Regis College, Research, Undergraduate Communication
Tagged Communication Department, Curry College, Education, Graduate Communication, public relations, Public Relations Concentration, reading, Regis College, teaching, Undergraduate Communication
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