It's official, spring has sprung! The trees are starting to bloom, the sun has finally broken the months of dreary overcast, and college students everywhere are frolicking in the sun and sand... Unfortunately, I am nowhere near the sand. I am spending the spring break picking up a few extra hours at work, maintaining the endless job search, and trying to cure myself of senioritis.
If you are a senior, or have ever been a college senior, I'm sure you're familiar with senioritis. Graduation is so close you can taste it and all the formalities of class, assignments, and exams just seem like silly busy work. Yes, I am a victim of senioritis. Luckily, I enjoy most of my classes this semester and my professors are easy to please. While I don't think there is a cure for this disease, I have found that thinking about how I have no idea where I will be in 2.5 months makes me value the time I have left in school (even if it does mean doing homework and job hunting over spring break).
Along with spring, I have also recently embraced Twitter. I have been a member for awhile, but over the last several weeks I have become much more proactive in learning to use it, finding the value in it for personal use as well as for PR professionals, and it's paying off! I've found some really interesting people to follow, including PR pros and agencies all around the country and organizations that work in corporate social responsibility (a true passion of mine). Twitter is also proving to be a rather helpful job search tool... one that I have been recommending to all my friends! Not only is it great for keeping up with news and trends, but it also has an endless supply of job search advice and entry level job postings from professionals looking for smart, outgoing new grads - like me!
Some of the conversations and people I follow include:
#HAPPO - help a pr pro out: Always great advice from professionals to new grads
#entryPR - entry level jobs in public relations
#PRjobs
PRstudchat - for PR students
ConeLLC - one of my favorite brand marketing firms, located in Boston
wsocialimpact - Weber Shandwick's Social Impact blog... LOVE their work!
balcomagency - amazing local agency in Fort Worth
RichardsGroup
....I could go on and on here. If you want to see more of who I'm following check me out on twitter - memckeown. You can see my lists and how I'm trying to use twitter to further my job search and maybe get inspired to add it to your job search tools. And of course, if you have any suggestions for me leave them in the comment box or send me a tweet! Happy Spring!
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