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9 tips to polish your Fashion PR CV
Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features, Jobs on 20/06/2011
Want to storm into Fashion PR? Try out 9 tips below! Volunteer for a charity that has fashion as a focus. Find fashion work placements directly in your niche. For example, if you want to do PR for menswear brands, look for placements at menswear companies such as Moss Bros. Do PR for your local charity [...]
Free Report: 5 tips on how to create a job search strategy
Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features, Jobs on 04/06/2011
Have you ever wondered how to craft and execute a job search strategy? We have created a special report for vox-popPRcareers readers on how to create a job search plan in PR, marketing & communications. Click on the following link to download our special report: vox-popPRcareers June report Did you like vox-popPRcareers’ free report? Give [...]
Is Twitter more useful for PR graduates than LinkedIn?
Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features on 14/06/2010
LinkedIn now has more than over 60 million members, and Twitter is growing every day. However, which one is more useful for graduates in PR? David Russell, a University of Nottingham graduate says: “I think LinkedIn is a good way of connecting to other professionals that you have worked with or done business with but [...]
Fair Pay, Fair Play: Why interns must be paid more than expenses
Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features on 23/04/2010
Fair Pay, Fair Play Like journalism, PR agencies do take students and recent graduates for work experience placements. Most work placements in PR are unpaid. Keri Hudson, 20, from London has done work experience in PR before. Keri says: “I think when you do a substantial piece of work whilst on work experience, you should [...]
4 tips for interns from Alex Try, co-founder of Interns Anonymous
Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features on 23/04/2010
Alex Try, co-founder of Interns Anonymous, gives his four tips to vox-popPRcareers for interns to make the most of of their unpaid placements: “Think about what you want to get out of it, write a list of all the skills you want to develop and any particular tasks that you want to do.” “Once you [...]
7 skills you need for Internal Communications (Part 1)
Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features, Internal Communications on 09/04/2010
Internal communications is an area of PR that ambitious graduates can break into with the right skills. This article lets you know what qualities you need for this sector.
7 social media tips for graduate PRs
Posted by Kagem Tibaijuka in Features on 08/04/2010
7 social media tips for graduate PRs In this article, Linda VandeVrede, a PR veteran of more than 25 years, lets graduates wanting to break into PR know the seven tips they need to decipher social media: 1) Embrace Twitter “Although statistics have shown that Twitter is more heavily used by older. PR practitioners, recent graduates [...]
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