Guest post from Sally Garner. Undergraduate academic adviser at the School of Journalism and Communication, newly designated Master and grad student in my J454: PR Campaigns class. Marilyn Hawkins of Hawkins & Company PR, LLC handed out some great tips onjob interviewing last week. “Be pumped for every interview,” she writes. “Get a good...

Recent grads are eagerly anticipating the first day on the job. And my students are no exception. I want to offer a few first-days-on-the-job tips. I’ll preface this by saying that your first job will not make or break you. You can take a risk, follow your heart (or your wallet) and you’ll be just fine. So, say you’ve landed that first great...

A few posts for your blogging pleasure: Gerald Baron, a.k.a. Crisisblogger, posted this week about reputation and how much reputation really matters. And asks how companies like Dell overcome headlines like “Dell Hell.” The post is interesting in and of itself, but also interesting is that Dell responds! Jason at Dell leaves a very thoughtful...

As part of their blogging assignment, students are required to respond to a prompt that I send. This week, I sent this post about the PR fallout around the “energy drink” called Cocaine. Lindsay says that Cocaine has more problems than just its name.Jessica chimes in and says she’d be embarrassed to be seen drinking it.Finally, Chelsea...

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