WTF is an Amafessional?

Great. There’s another “word” to add to your webulary (web + vocabulary = webulary, get it?). The word is “amafessional.” So WTF is an amafessional?
Amafessional (n): amateurs that compete with professionals “in opportunity, talent, and ability to produce quality work.” See this post from the WSJ and the daily (ad) biz for more information.
Technology has [...]

What’s your personal brand as a professional?: Definition

(Part 1 in a 3 part series of branding yourself)
In no way am I an expert of any kind. For one reason: the skeezy spammers and posers that plague the social-marketing-professional battlefield have turned expert into a six letter cuss word (along with “superstar,” “rock star,” “guru” and “maven”).
With that said, there are a few [...]

Use the generation gap to land your next job

While researching a project, I was lead to an article that described challenges of a workforce full of generation gaps.  Reading about Gen Y was like reading a horoscope: insanely general in its description, but alarmingly correct.  I’m every bit a product of my generation, and that’s totally O.K.  Here are my tips on using [...]

Freelancing? Don’t knock it ’til you try it

My heart goes out to the class of 2009. Four years of grueling academic work and (if you were smart) at least one internship all for a piece of paper that probably arrived in the mail and entrance into a world made difficult by the old folks. That piece of paper was suppose to be [...]

The Future is… NOOOOW

Recently there’s been a rise of chattering about new roles within PR, advertising, branding and social-media agencies.  If you haven’t been overwhelmed with talk of how the pope’s tweets cure cancer, then maybe you’ve heard some of these new job titles.  Here are my favorite future PR roles that you can get now (and links [...]

A List of 4 Links from my Mentor at GottaMentor

Top 5 Recruiting Mistakes Smart People Make
Using Social Media To Create Job Leads
Don’t Let Your Online Profile Sabotage Your Job Prospects
Why Your Elevator Pitch is So Important and How to NAIL IT!!

Job Hunting Advice from My Mentor @ GottaMentor

The economy sucks.  Not news.  But are you prepared to be a job hunter in 2009?  According to GottaMentor.com, having an established network in 2009 is the best way to job hunt.  Here are the highlights from the blog my Mentor sent me, but you should check it out for the full article.  Let me [...]

All Hail the Intern Queen!!

Faster than I could make a decision about a new WordPress theme, the Intern Queen had read my post about her blog, made a comment, sent some private tweets and put in motion changes to I AM INTERN.  Not only is she the royal purveyor of all things “intern,” she’s also awesome at this thing [...]

Determine Your Variables, the Intership Experiment

 Internships are experiments in developing a career.  They can’t be completely controlled.  There are independent and dependent variables, and success or failure hinges on defining the variables before you begin (kind of  like all experiments).  
What’s my boss going to be like?  Am I going to be a glorified secretary?  How much am I going [...]

Podcasts Every Budding PRo Should Listen To

Podcasts are awesome.  Why?  Free.  Entertaining.  Educational.  Informative.
The best and worst aspect of podcasts is that ANYONE with a mic and 5 minutes to spare can make one.  I’ve wasted so much time when I go on a podcast-exploration binge subscribing, listening, deleting and unsubscribing from useless podcasts I’ve downloaded in my zeal to discover [...]