top 10 things ive learned in practicum!

PRACTICUM;

THE TOP 10 THINGS I’VE

LEARNED

By: Chelsea Bailey

PRCA 4711

What Not To Wear!

•First Impressions are lasting

impressions. When going to an

interview your clothing should fit

properly. Women should refrain

from wearing low cut shirts, pants

that are too small, flashy

jewelry, shorts, open toed

shoes, and shoes with feet

cleavage.

Act your Age, not your shoe

size!

Etiquette is extremely

important in the office, at

dinner, and during parties.

Keep in mind the 2 P’s:

Poise and Professionalism!

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

In many situations you may

be required to work in a

team. Some requirements

for successful team building

include:

Being open minded

Listening to everyone

Being Respectful

Alternating leadership roles

Participating during discussions

Positive attitude

Utilizing 2-way communication

Before going to a Career Fair, it is wise to do research about the positions. Familiarize yourself with job descriptions and requirements for said positions. Doing research before hand makes asking questions easier, gives the perception that you are genuinely interested in the position, and that you cared enough to research the company. This will save the recruiter from having to repeat facts about the company that any serious candidate should know prior to the Career Fair.

Know your role!

Make your network your

NETWORTH!

A little networking goes a long way.

Talking to people can easily turn into an opportunity.

There are Six-degrees of separation between everyone in the world. Never bad mouth anyone, you never know who may know them.

Business cards are a great way to spark up conversation and network in a non traditional business setting.

Are you Following Me?

Twitter is a social networking tool that is designed to answer “What are you doing”.

Friends are called Followers, and are given access to your real time updates or “tweets”

Things that you tweet can be recovered via most search engines, even if they are deleted by the user.

Twit-ternships are now being offered for students to tweet about company changes.

Shel Israel& Twitterville

Shel Israel identified the idea of Braided journalism. Braided journalism changes the way people get information using three mediums.

Traditional media

Citizen journalism

Social media

Braided journalism uses a mixture of all three mediums as the ultimate solution to disseminate messages.

Portfoli-who?

Customized for each presentation

Include a variety of class work and professional work examples.

Shows growth in work over time

Removable pages to create flexibility

Provide leave behinds if possible

Customize your portfolio, but keep it professional!

Recommendations

Jon Negrini ♥’s H.A.R.O.

I selected Jon Negrini to conduct my PR Professional

Interview. Jon is Public Relations graduate from Florida

State University. He now works as an internet marketing

specialist at SMTUSA.com. According to the website, the

Sales & Marketing Technologies’ (SMT) is composed of

an expert team of internet marketing, web design and

development professionals. SMT, which is based out of

Florida, promises to deliver breakthrough results from

the Internet and is considered a traffic-building,

conversion-making, ROI-boosting web machine.

HARO, or www.helpareporter.com is a site where journalist and media can go to get information about certain things. Their slogan is “Everyone is an expert at something,” and they send out daily emails to sources that volunteer on the site. Within these emails they list 15-20 questions they have been asked from journalists, and if you know the answer to one of the questions, you send a reply email back with the answer. The answer is then forwarded on to the person who asks the question and makes finding sources and experts much easier on journalists.

Who is jon negrini What is haro?

Resume’ 101

Customize objective to potential position

Stick to 1-page, unless you have worked 10 years or more.

Include blog URL and Linked-In address if necessary

Keep email addresses professional

Jane.doe@gmail.com instead of hotgirl09@yahoo.com

Use action verbs for job descriptions

Include GPA if it is above 3.0

Use the same header and fonts on resume, references, and cover letter

If you have no work experience, volunteer hours will suffice.

Use terms relevant to the industry within the cover letter.

Use reverse chronological order for job history.

Explain acronyms used within your resume (ex. SOCS- Society of Communication Scholars; Phi Sigma Pi- National Honor Fraternity.)

Use “I” or “Me” only when necessary and in moderation.

Thank You!!!