5 Things You Need to Do Before Completing Your Internship
Tweet I remember speaking to a friend of mine who just completed his first internship. “Don’t bother” was the advice he gave me. He said he just spent three months getting people coffee and...
View ArticleAvoid Unpaid Internships at For-Profit Firms
Tweet Q. I’m the first ever intern at a fairly new company, and my experience to date has been less than rewarding. As background, I am not paid. Second, I spend most of the day running errands,...
View ArticleRetail Experience Can Lead to Future PR Career
Tweet Last week, following a speech at the Retail Smarter Conference in Orlando, Florida, I met several college interns whose employers sent them to the 2-day meeting. The students talked about the...
View ArticleIt’s Possible, but Not Easy for Foreign Nationals to Land Internships in...
Tweet Last week, I met a number of aspiring public relations professionals during my visit to Brazil to speak at “Superminas 2012“, the big food show and conference in Belo Horizonte. Besides being...
View ArticleCollege Involvement Builds Your Resume
TweetWhat does it mean to be actively involved? Is joining an organization enough? Does it look more impressive to have five different memberships on your résumé? It’s common these days to hear about...
View ArticleTop 20 Posts of 2012 Focus On Job Searches, Internships and Personal Branding...
Tweet As 2012 turns into 2013, I decided to review the 125 posts on this blog over the past year. Tips for job searches, internships and personal branding were the most most popular posts, according to...
View ArticleDifferentiating Between Internships and Fellowships
Tweet For graduate and undergraduate students alike, internships and fellowships offer an accelerated route to a successful career in public relations. While the terms often are used interchangeably,...
View ArticleMost Interns Deserve a Pay Raise
Tweet While cleaning out an old file cabinet recently, I surprisingly came across a long-forgotten pay stub from my first internship. I was paid a whopping $4.50 an hour, but that was 40 years ago when...
View Article5 Ways Students Can Gain Experience in PR Field
Tweet As a student you commit a large amount of time and energy to get a degree that sets your course for the future. Many variables affect your potential success–exposure to the profession you’re...
View ArticleIntern Mistake Recovery Process
Tweet Intern season is in full swing. Most are doing outstanding jobs, but I’ve heard from a few terrified interns over the past week who are concerned about their futures based on mistakes they’ve...
View ArticleBack on the Soapbox: Interns Should Be Paid
Tweet A friend who will remain anonymous so he perhaps remains a friend asked me this week to help him find a top-notch intern. He sent job specifications that essentially required the intern to...
View ArticleUnpaid vs. Paid Internships
TweetAs long as internships have been around there’s always been that one burning question; should they be paid or unpaid? Some claim that unpaid internships are wrong and take advantage of students....
View Article5 Tips for Landing an Internship in Change Management and Employee Engagement
Tweet In today’s market finding a job is no easy task and landing a great job is even more difficult. Increasing your chances of success in the hunt for a great job hinges on having a solid internship...
View ArticleDay in the Life of an Intern: No Two Days Are Alike
Tweet I started my internship at Ketchum in early June, and no two days have been alike. That’s why it’s difficult for me to describe a day-in-the-life of a Ketchum intern. It should come as no...
View ArticleInterning In Another City: The Big Apple Experience
TweetPacking the bags and moving to New York was a big decision, both professionally and personally. Coming from Chicago where there are so many great opportunities in public relations, deciding...
View ArticleAs Job Search Frustration Grows You Must Have a Plan and Keep Your Head in...
Tweet Reader comments help motivate bloggers since God knows we’re not doing it for the money. While negative comments sometimes sting, they also spur additional post opportunities. That’s the case...
View ArticleTop 20 Posts of 2013: Mostly About Jobs, Careers
Tweet As 2013 comes to a close, I spent a few hours today analyzing page requests, most popular posts and hosts that generated the bulk of the seven million-plus Culpwrit hits over the past year. I...
View ArticleJobs Aplenty, But Not Necessarily Full Time
Tweet Even with growing demand for public relations services, agencies and corporations will resist filing full-time positions while increasing their reliance on interns and contractors. Driven by...
View Article‘Freshmen’ List What They Wish They Learned
Four young PR pros tell deans and profs things they wish they learned in college during panel discussion at the 2014 Academic Summit in Chicago.
View ArticlePR Trainee Insights from Munich
I had a very conventional start in the PR world. I studied linguistics in Düsseldorf and went to London to get a Master’s degree in Public Relations. After two six-month internships I have started a...
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