Archive for May, 2010

Map: Top 5 Financial PR Jobs in London (May 2010)

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Map on 29/05/2010

View Top 5 Financial PR Jobs (London) in a larger map This map shows the latest financial PR jobs that have been posted in May. Positions include PR executive, investor relations associate and hedge fund marketer. If you are looking for your start in financial PR, click on the links to apply.

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A first person account of workplace bullying in the PR & communications industry

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in First Person on 28/05/2010

The following account as told to vox-popPRcareers is of a media professional’s experience of being bullied at work. To protect the privacy of the individual, this is anonymous, as the company is well-known. I was the communications co-ordinator/manager. My duties included writing the communications plan, writing internal and external communications. I began to feel bullied [...]

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Graduate Clinic: What to do if you feel like you don’t fit in at work

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Graduate Clinic on 27/05/2010

vox-popPRcareers talks to Tanya de Grunwald, a careers expert and founder of Graduate Fog, on what you can do about fitting in within the workplace. On dealing with frosty co-workers in your first job: I think the first thing to remember is that the workplace isn’t like school or university, you’re paid to be there [...]

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How graduates can decode the PR workplace: 5 insights from Karen Winterhalter

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Interview on 26/05/2010

Decoding the hierarchies at work can be difficult if you don’t have the right tools. vox-popPRcareers asked Karen Winterhalter, a PR expert with 25 years experience, for her tips on how graduates can decode the workplace in PR. With experience at Burson-Marsteller EMEA to name a few, Karen Winterhalter is now the managing director of [...]

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Cover Letters for PR: This cover letter won the applicant a job in PR

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Careers on 25/05/2010

This cover letter below is a real cover letter by an anonymous applicant, who applied for a job at one of the most well-known PR companies in the UK, which is an industry standard for its work. This cover letter won the applicant the job last year so read it to know what works in [...]

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7 Questions: Chris Norton, Managing Director of Dead Dinosaur

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in 7 Questions on 11/05/2010

Chris Norton is managing director of Dead Dinosaur and an award-winning specialist PR consultant based in Harrogate. He has more than eleven years’ experience in the public relations industry having worked both in-house and in a number of consultancies. He is listed in the UK’s top 15 PR bloggers and his blog posts on social media [...]

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Starting your own PR agency: 7 experiences from Lauren Rich, founder of RICHPR

Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Interview on 03/05/2010

Lauren Rich is not like many other PRs. She launched her New York PR agency, RICHPR, straight out of university. In this article, Lauren tells vox-popPRcareers the experiences she had that shaped her career as an entrepreneur in PR. On what inspired Lauren to start the agency: Having held a job from a young age, [...]

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