Building Your Social Media Resume

Online resumes and portfolios have been used for quite a while by creative and tech folks, but I’ve recently noticed a rise in the use of online social media resumes by the general masses particularly in the digital community and junior level candidates.  
If you’re not familiar with the social media resume, it’s basically just a [...]

Job Hunt 2.0: I Heart Site Colon (aka Site:)

Here’s another really useful trick that I use all the time to find information quickly without having to scroll through never-ending Google results.  If you’re looking for information on one specific site, try a trick called x-raying. For example, let’s say you want to look up the Silver Anvil winners from 2005 on the PRSA [...]

Job Hunt 2.0: Using Custom Search Engines to Find Contacts

Isn’t it awesome to find those little shortcuts that “change your life” and make things easier? TiVo, iPod, Amazon.com, check cards, onsite dry cleaning services – the list goes on and on.  I’ve recently discovered the advantages of setting up custom Google search engines to find recruiting and networking information specific to the public relations [...]

Job Hunt 2.0: Using RSS to Land a Job

In my humble opinion, one the hardest parts of finding a new job is researching job postings and companies that you’re actually interested in applying for online. It’s easy to waste hours scrolling through endless job postings trying to find positions that are worth pursuing.  Thankfully, technology is to the point where you don’t have [...]

Ask Me Something Else!

Q:  OK, so I took your advice and set up the daily job alert from indeed.com, but the results are less than stellar.  I’ll be graduating from college in May, so I set my daily search to return entry level public relations positions across the country.  It’s hard to sort through all of the fluff [...]

Ask Me!

Q:  I am thinking about changing careers and I would like to explore opportunities in the public relations field.  How easy or difficult is it to get a job in public relations without industry or agency experience?
 
-Joe Candidate
A:  That is a fabulous question, Joe.  I’m going to be completely honest – you’re going to have [...]