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I have recently talked to some administrative people in college and postgraduate placement offices. They all seem less than enthusiastic about the opportunities for their students coming onto the job market right now. They say that some of their graduates are now deciding to go on to get advanced degrees while others join the military.

I have always been a firm believer in any and all intern programs. The biggest negative voiced about these initiatives is that they take too much executive time and effort – that in times when staff has been cut to the bone, they clutter and don’t help.

My personal experience with intern programs has all been very positive. We have been fortunate enough to get some very good kids to come in for the summer. We are a small firm. There was no need …

Preparation is key they say. After my midpoint internship review last week, I thought of a few tips that may help you better prepare for your annual review. Following are recommendations to maximize your yearly review, particularly flavored for agency work.

It was truly a wonderful week last week.  All of the words from the Obama administration were nice to hear but the proof of the pudding was in the Dow Jones numbers.  It went up Tuesday.  It went up Wednesday.  It went up Thursday.  And it even stayed up on Friday.

On Friday afternoon, when there was not a large selloff, I saw a lot of smiling faces as I walked around Chicago. It seemed that all of us were losing the battle against the constant bombardment of bad news; here was a non verbal positive statistic. Now I know that all the pundits are saying that this rally is probably only temporary.  But it’s the first piece of really solid news that we have seen in months.  It’s a little bit like giving …

Flipping through the Chicago Tribune this week, I stumbled on a headline that immediately caught my attention. “Chicago lawyer with $225,000 in debt has reason to hope.”

Hope eludes most of us these days. As part of my daily intern duties, I flip through the headlines of the Trib and Journal every morning. News of a stumbling economy and growing unemployment dominate headlines. The cycle overwhelms this green-behind the ears PR wannabe who thought he’d have the world at his fingertips, newly armed with his Bachelors degree.

How naïve I must seem. The 29 year-old lawyer mentioned in the article, Aukse Rimas, owns more debt then I can imagine and makes twice as much as me. The piece presents a simple point – Though she’s deep in debt, …

By now you’ve heard of it – the mini-blog site that the media is in a frenzy about since Jon Stewart parodied it on his show. When the nation’s premier conservative newspaper writes an article on How to Tweet, you may have considered finding out for yourself.

Bloggers and journalists have written thousands of articles on how to get started on Twitter. I refer to Scott Meis’ blog, Social Media Snippets, for the best Twitter advice. Two posts you’ll want to check out are Why Twitter Can Seem Intimidating and his Twitter Tools …

In every recession an old word reappears in corporate lexicon: “headcount.” I have heard that word ten times in the last two weeks. The rationale seems the same, whether it was the 80’s, 90’s or the 21st Century:

The way around these rules remain the same also:

I visited my PRSSA chapter for my last official meeting Monday. Afterwards, me and other members of the executive board went out to grab a bite. We chatted about how our marketing and public relations internships were going.

As we opened up, we got into an interesting conversation about our fears. The added pressure of hiring freezes and the competition that brings for jobs can make the workday stressful.

We of course would always perform our duties to the best of our abilities. We had to admit, however, lurking deep in the back of our heads existed legitimate, insecurity driven fears. Here are four of the fears we discussed. I hope this post helps our readers better …