by Culpwrit | June 22, 2021 | Advice from a Pro, Careers, Guest Post, Job Search
By Julia Zaeske Leaders are people we regularly encounter, whether it’s at a job, an event or in politics. Everyone has a different take, definition and style of leadership. I had the privilege to interview three senior professionals who are leaders themselves and...
by Culpwrit | June 14, 2021 | Advice from a Pro, Careers, Future Leaders
A downside of writing your own book is that you don’t read many others while you’re crashing on content and deadlines. As soon as colleague Matt Ragas and I completed and launched our third book, I picked up these three books by friends that I wanted to read and...
by Culpwrit | June 4, 2021 | Careers, Guest Post, Job Search
By Luke Smith If you’ve decided to trade your 9-5 job for the gig economy, you’re not alone. About 61% of freelancers stepped into the gig economy by choice, and a large percentage of them are writers. Now, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, some people who lost their...
by Culpwrit | May 22, 2021 | Careers, Future Leaders, Job Search
Internships are like pulling the Pass Go card in Monopoly. In the board game, your chance of winning increases with each deal card you pull. Internships are the “deal cards” for landing a job in public relations. This week, I heard from recruiters who were in the...
by Culpwrit | May 2, 2021 | Advice from a Pro, Careers
As someone training the next wave of aspiring communications professionals, I was relieved to see the above headline in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal. However, that encouragement was immediately followed by a second headline of reality: So Does Plenty of...
by Culpwrit | April 12, 2021 | Advice from a Pro, Careers, Day in the Life, Mentorship
By Ron Culp During a recent Economic Club of Chicago member group discussion that I led, civic leaders vividly described the dire need to improve business literacy among high school students. Despite their personal business accomplishments, more than a couple of the...
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