Kristen King (no relation to me, as far as I know) attended the Region 2 conference of the Society of Professional Journalists, and shared her summaries of several of the sessions. This is very useful information for information workers of any sort, but particularly for journalism and even PR students. This is boiled-down, pure, cutting-edge information. Take the time.
This isn’t a stretch. Even though Allison Boyer doesn’t even use the word in her post entitled “One Good Job Deserves Another: Landing Gigs,” everything she writes there has something to do with communication, including concepts about networking, listening, and enthusiasm. Speech students, does this sound familiar? She’s talking about what freelancers do, but as we’ve established elsewhere, “regular employees” are still really in business for themselves, and the same advice applies even if you receive W2 income.
Jonathan Fields says you’re working two jobs, like it or not. Given the state of the economy, this is good advice for graduates to keep in mind as they tackle the job market, whether getting a job or moving up.
This blog is “not just academic,” as the flag shows. While we’re primarily interested in communication-related topics, and technology in higher education, we’re focused on application. Feeds show up in a couple of online classes, though, so I want to take an opportunity to post a link to an article that may spark some pragmatic solutions for students who worry about getting a job once they graduate, whether they’re journalism/PR folks or more general students who read this.
It also happens to be a good example post for speech students to show how expressing an opinion goes beyond merely expressing it, but also illustrating it and backing it up.
Columnist and consultant Peter Bregman tells CNN readers/viewers, “No job? Create your own!” Like anything else, it’s easier said than done. (Isn’t that true of everything? So why is that supposed to be a reason not to act?) The idea, or perhaps the attitude, is the value of this post.
Students are always interested in this sort of thing. Notice that the headline doesn’t say “starting pay”–that could leave the impression we’re talking about entry level jobs. For some of these, we are; for others, we’re talking about the first year after a promotion of sorts.
In any case, “Ten Careers that Pay More Than $50k the First Year” is an interesting read.