I Will Survive

I am graduating from Clemson in just a few months, and I am hoping to find a career in public relations. Unfortunately for me, and many others, this economy is not being very gracious at the moment. I realize that it’s going to be very difficult for me to even get my foot in the door, and I will have to go above and beyond to prove that I belong to be there if I do make it into this industry. But how will I do that?

I recently read a post from Ryan Anderson on his blog, The New PR. In his post, “Working the bottom rung,” Ryan gives some tips to help other new PR practitioners keep their jobs and maybe even move up in the rankings of their organizations.

Ryan’s advice includes:

• Be reliable
• Have an eagle-eyed attention to detail
• Figure it out
• Become a better writer
• Enjoy the grunt work
• Be patient
• Bring a big brain

Following these tips may mean that you’re not always doing the most glamorous or most exciting work, but this advice can help you prove yourself to employers. Everyone has to start somewhere, so you might as well go ahead and make a positive first impression.

A Girl in the PR World

Have you ever wondered just how some PR practitioners got their jobs? What types of internships did they complete to get prepared for the PR world? How did they set themselves apart from all of the other job applicants?

Janna, now a PR practitioner at Thornley Fallis, talks about her journey into public relations in her post “A PR Girl’s Beginnings – Part 1 – How I Got Here” on the PR Girlz blog. She did not have any public relations experience or knowledge about social media, yet she was still savvy and creative enough to set herself out from the crowd and get the job – a lesson that we could all learn from in these rough times!

PR Girlz is a collective blog from the women who work at Thornley Fallis, a communications and public relations agency in Canada. Their posts cover a range of topics – from public relations current affairs to defeating the traditional stereotypes of what a PR girl does.

It is both fun and informative to read what these women have to say about their lives in the PR world, and this blog is definitely a must-read for females looking to pursue a career in public relations. Check it out!