Social Media Strategizing
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net Whether you’re an aspiring journalist, public relations practitioner, communication practitioner, filmmaker, or a visual artist, a social media presence is a...
View ArticleThe importance of networking
(Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net) It’s not what you know but who you know. - Proverb In the field of Media and Communication, where prized jobs are rarely advertised, this proverb highlights...
View ArticleNetworking with Classmates
(Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net) Not too long ago, I met up with a Media and Communication undergrad and here’s what he said, My classmates are useless, they are just students. Gee, what...
View ArticleSpeaking up at conferences (A CoMConnect experience)
(Photo courtesy of Erick Mitsak) As mentioned in my previous post, The Importance of Networking, conferences are a great way to grow your network. Yet in the midst of hundreds of attendees how do you...
View ArticleYour Online Privacy (Big Brother is Watching You)
(Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net) Last weekend, I caught a spam bot hacking into one of my twitter followers’ account, and sent her a DM notice. Ironically, in the same hour, I accidentally...
View ArticlePreparing for a conference
The next 2 weeks are going to be very exciting for the Melbourne and Sydney based Public Relations and MarCom students as Victoria PR Student Forum 2012 is happening this coming Thursday and MAP expo™...
View ArticleHow to Curate Online Content Without Stealing
Earlier this week, during my online research, I discovered someone had ripped an entire guest post of mine and stripped off all my links. For starters, How to Find A Job Using a WordPress Blog was a...
View ArticleHow Copyright Infringement and bad Social Media Ethics can Hurt your Online...
As a follow-up to our previous post, How to Curate Content without Stealing, let’s take a look at why ethics needs to be taken seriously on social media by highlighting some consequences of copyright...
View ArticleGet you (and your blog) in the press!
Today marks the soft launch of online financial magazine, Quid, but it’s also the first press coverage of FirstCommsJob and my press debut as a communications practitioner in feature article Working...
View ArticleQ&A Series: When should you start your job hunt?
Earlier this week, I posted a question shout out via FirstCommsJob’s twitter and Kelsey Wickman, a public relations senior at Gonzaga University asked “How soon should grads begin looking for a job?”...
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