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Tweet Q.  I’m a senior business major and I think I made a career goal mistake.  After sharing an apartment with two PR majors this summer, I know this is what I’d like to do.  But is it too late or should I go on to graduate school and focus on PR there? -TD A.  [...]

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TweetCongratulations to Thomas R. Martin and Margery Kraus, recipients last night of the prestigious Arthur W. Page Society awards for Distinguished Service and Hall of Fame.  The Page Society is comprised of corporate chief communications officers, major agency CEOs and leading PR academics.   Tom Martin, Executive-in-Residence at the College of Charleston, received the Distinguished Service Award at the Page Society’s [...]

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Tweet  Happily, this is the first fall in three decades that I’m not engaged in the annual ritual of preparing agency and corporate financial plans for the coming year.  But the start of the budget season reminded me to pass along advice to job seekers and those hoping for a pay hike from their current employers. For [...]

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TweetLittle did I know when I ventured out on my own earlier this summer that I’d end up doing more than consulting and teaching a class or two.  I’ll, in fact, be doing both, and a lot more.  Beginning next month, I’ll become director of the graduate PR and advertising program at DePaul University.  It’s an [...]

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Tweet Rod Stewart may have put it best when he sang, “I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger.”  I’m sure just about everyone has looked back on their career and identified a time or place when they wish they could have applied a “lesson learned” to a challenge they were [...]

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TweetDuring the past few months, I have had the privilege to serve on Howard University’s School of Communications Blue Ribbon Panel.  The 24-person panel finished its 3-month assignment yesterday by presenting recommendations for future curriculum, technology needs and opportunities for outreach and fundraising.  While the panel’s recommendations will require further review and input from faculty and administrators, [...]

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TweetWhile this blog mostly focuses on individuals seeking to begin their PR careers, I occasionally get requests from older readers who are concerned about advancing their careers or finding  jobs after being downsized.   Although loaded with basic PR talent, older PR pros often lack social media skills necessary for today’s job market.  Other than encouraging [...]

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switching careers, from journalism to PR,

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Ron Culp

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healthcare PR, PR jobs, Nancy Hicks,

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