Life Beyond the Hedges Panel Review

Wednesday I had the great pleasure to speak at Grady IABC's "Life Beyond the Hedges" career workshop. I was on the panel titled "Navigating the Job Market in a Struggling Economy." It was a great experience to discuss various strategies and techniques to use in your job search.

Red & Black article

A few tips from the panelists:
-> Match your skills to the employer & position
-> Develop your brand & portray it
-> Work your networks
-> An interview is two-sided, you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you
-> Don't forget about the phone. E-mail is great, but it helps to follow up on the telephone.
-> Be persistent


Additional Resources for your job search:

4 Skills New Professionals Should Have
Managing Your Online Reputation
Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job
Great Example of a Digital Portfolio

Two blogs

Greetings!

I know it's been awhile, but I'm here promoting two other blogs I've been working on.

Connect 2008 - PR & Social Media Conference I've had the pleasure to help organize. We'll be liveblogging and tweeting during the conference (Sept 19-20). Stay tuned!

PR Communications Class - My writing students are each writing their own blog post on a particular type of technology/social media. They are also commenting on each others' posts.

I'll be back soon with new updates.