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Students: Job and Internship Seekers Resources

Robert on Jun 06 2008 | Filed under: Education, PR Higher Ed, Public Relations, Teaching PR

The search. It is intimidating. Frustrating. Confusing.
Two great posts help you with links and resources.
Oregon’s Beth Evans offers us Arts and PR Job Search Tips From a PR Ninja. Actually, her links and resources will serve many areas of interest, not just those seeking work in the Arts.
Tiffany Derville, also from [...]

New Rules of Marketing and PR :: Students Feeling A Buzz

Robert on Sep 30 2007 | Filed under: Asides, Blog Talk, Education, Marcom, Marketing Communications, New Media, OpenPR, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Higher Education, Social Media, Teaching PR, Viral Marketing

Fall semester brings more blogging and social media exercises to my classrooms. This semester, as with all in the past, I’ve tried to do something new with the hope of catching the imagination of each student.
I have a story, but first - some background.
The PR Writing class is reading David Meerman Scott’s book, The [...]

Great PR Internship Available - Immediately :: EBSCO Industries

Robert on May 07 2007 | Filed under: Education, Media Relations, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Education

Sheri Thompson, of EBSCO Industries, writes to inform us of an unexpected internship opening. It is for this summer and they would like to fill it ASAP. Starting date is late May.
According to Sheri, “The candidate who originally accepted the position as a graduate intern position has since obtained permanent full-time employment, so [...]

Something New This Spring :: Student Digital Resumes and Portfolios Online

Robert on May 02 2007 | Filed under: Blog Talk, CSS, Education, HTML, Layout, PR, Public Relations, Style and Design

Spring semester brought something new for the PR Style & Design class. They published their digital resumes and portfolios online.
The students completed their final projects this week. The links below lead to their digital resumes and portfolios.
In the past, some students took it upon themselves to do this. Each semester, more and [...]

Paull Young’s Successful PR Blog World Tour :: He Makes a NYC Converseon

Robert on Mar 31 2007 | Filed under: Blog Talk, Education, OpenPR, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Education, Social Media

The news was wonderful to hear. Paull Young lands a great job in New York City. And, he’ll be working with another great guy, too.
The release said it all. “Converseon today named Paull Young as a senior account executive in its New York headquarters. Young, author of the Young PR blog and [...]

Social Media Press Release via Wordpress Installation and Structured Blogging

Robert on Sep 04 2006 | Filed under: Blog, Blog Talk, CSS, Education, HTML, Opensource, PR, PR Education, Press Release, Social Media, Teaching PR, WordPress, delicious

For some time now, I have wanted to create a pr…

Internship Available :: Traditional PR and Social Media

Robert on Jul 19 2006 | Filed under: Blog Talk, Education, Marcom, Marketing Communications, PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Education, Public Relations Higher Education

Great opportunity for an intelligent and creative student.
…perhaps the most unique internship in a beautiful place meeting fun people and it pays well in so many ways…
Camp ASCCA is looking for a new PR intern. Visit the site and check out the opportunity.
Want an excerpt? Listen to Jeremy Pepper, Weber Shandwick / San [...]