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TweetCongratulations on being hired as a full-time employee! Just this time last year, I was interning at a large PR agency in St. Louis, MO and now I am serving as an AE at an agency in Des Moines, Iowa. My roles have drastically changed after becoming a full-time employee and through my experience, I [...]

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Tweet As a post here three weeks ago noted, there is a widening chasm between employees and management throughout business today.  That gap is made worse by executives who don’t communicate effectively.  So, I was intrigued to attend a luncheon this afternoon where Harry Kraemer, professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of [...]

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Tweet Job prospects were on the minds of students last night at Northern Illinois University where I was honored to deliver the annual Albert Walker Lecture.  Titled “Career Realities in a Flash Mob World,” my remarks focused on five ways college graduates can differentiate themselves from the mobs of candidates applying for most job openings.  Here’s a synopsis of of the [...]

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Tweet During a Skype conversation Friday afternoon with Professor Carolyn White Bartoo’s students at the University of Delaware, senior PR major Joe Mashek said he was planning his final semester class schedule and wanted to know the one elective course I’d recommend over all others.  Without a second of contemplation, I said he should take the most [...]

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Tweet Joe Clarkson If you want to be inspired about the future of the public relations profession, spend some time with active members of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).   At the annual PRSSA awards dinner last night in Orlando, I met dozens of young people who are destined to become leaders of our [...]

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Tweet   Friend and former colleague Paula Davis was just named a “Woman Worth Watching” by bi-monthly magazine Profiles in Diversity.  Paula is President of the nearly half-billion-dollar Alcoa Foundation. For the magazine and this blog, Paula shares the five “lessons learned” on her way up the corporate ladder of success: Fate has introduced me to [...]

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Tweet    Ron and I recently compared areas of interest. We decided a discussion about a boss (or potential boss) who is a Baby Boomer could be useful.  You know a lot about Boomers.  Your parents are Boomers.  Some tips from my experiences as a Baby Boomer, a parent and a boss:   Don’t stereotype.  There [...]

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TweetMany colleges in small cities that lack an abundance of internship opportunities have created their own hands-on work experiences via on-campus, student-run agencies. I have long admired the creative work from Cardinal Communications at Ball State University, and I recently visited Lindsey + Asp, the impressive 2-year-old student-run PR and ad agency at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord of [...]

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TweetGuest post by Erin Jacobs Lindsey + Asp is more than an intersection of two of the busiest streets in Norman, Oklahoma; it is more than a new wing of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications; Lindsey +Asp Public Relations and Advertising Agency is where I knew I needed to be.  As a [...]

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TweetGuest post by Natalie Poston Landing an entry-level position out of an internship is the goal of every post-graduate intern and I was no exception. You do your homework, ask questions, be proactive and work late to get the attention of your supervisor and colleagues but sometimes that full-time job offer just doesn’t come.  I [...]

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