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TweetExpectations of college students have increased dramatically in the past few years.  With rising tuition costs and an extremely competitive job market, students are expected to do more with less.  From the perspective of a recent college graduate, here are some thoughts about what it takes to be a competitive candidate for entry-level positions in [...]

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Career Capsule, James S. O’Rourke, IV, Ph.D., Jim O’Rourke, Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, I.S. Air Force Academy, US. Air War College, Newhouse School, KOOK-TV, KGHL-AM, Arthur W. Page Society,

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TweetNot too many years ago, journalism degrees and media experience provided natural segues to public relations jobs.  In fact, that’s the transition I made from media to PR, and for many years most of my peers came via the same route.  That’s no longer the case today.  Today’s New York Times tells the story about Mary Ellin Arch [...]

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General Electric, Gary Sheffer, correct spelling,

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Bill Nielsen, KLOO, Johnson & Johnson, Carl Byor & Associates, Hill & Knowlton,

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pay raise, negotiating pay increase, Sean Thomas, “The Insider’s Guide to Getting the Pay Raise That You Deserve.”

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PR salaries, PR careers, U.S. News and World Report,

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Nicholas J. Ashooh Career Capsule, Marquette University, AIG, Alcoa

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Tweet During the past few months, I’ve heard from several job seekers who have decided to look for work outside the United States.  It’s a bold move, but it gives job seekers a broad range of intriguing options.  Getting your head around the possibility of an international job requires some careful thought and planning.  Today’s [...]

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TweetWorking for a beer company would be fun, and that impression was confirmed by the guy at the top of MillerCoors who spoke yesterday at the Executives’ Club of Chicago.  I sat at the table next to several employees who confirmed that CEO Leo Kiely makes the beer company a fun place to work.  Coors merged with [...]

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