The event started with a presentation by Jeff Carrigan , who is the founder of Big Shoes Network. BSN is a job board resource that has postings of available jobs and internships in the fields of public relations, advertising, communications, social media, web development, graphic design and marketing. The website is extremely beneficial to myself, as a public relations major, and I find myself on there every single day to check the new postings!
Part of Jeff's presentation was giving us advice on how to be successful. He gave us 5 ways to stand out:
competence
connections
character
chemistry
c-suite (think like the CEO)
After his presentation, the networking began! I got the chance to meet with three professionals: Ryan Cigler, Sharon Roy and Amy Cielinski. They each offered great advice and gave me constructive criticism. Ryan is a Partner and Account Director at SPEC, inc. Sharon is a marketing professor and internship coordinator at UW-Whitewater. Amy works as an administrative assistant for Jefferson County Fair Park.
Events like these make me so excited to be a professional in the "real world" of public relations in just one more semester!
I love it! Thanks for posting the 5 "C"s. I also found that part of the presentation really interesting. Plus, Jeff Carrigan was hilarious. Not at all like I expected, so I feel like his advice will really stick with us mainly because it was so unconventionally told! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI found the five c’s to be very useful information to think about when preparing for an interview. I did not realize just how important it is to do research on a company before going into an interview. I am glad you got some good feedback, and are excited to get into the real world of Public relations.
ReplyDeleteI really like when Jeff gave us 5 ways to stand out. I wish he could of talked longer. I think all of us could learn a ton from Jeff. we could of had a conference just of him talking and we would of walked away with great information to help us in are futures.
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