Lecture on the right career path for PR students
Last night I enjoyed the great opportunity to be invited to conduct one of Leeds Metropolitan University CIPR guest lecture slots, giving over 100 first, second and final year undergraduates an insight into my experience with an in house PR, a full service agency and a boutique business to business PR specialist.
Among them were some familiar faces who have or are about to undertake work placements with us and it was a refreshing chance to share the knowledge I have on the different roles that students can expect to be carrying out once they graduate.
I promised a series of blogs over the coming weeks to follow up my lecture and will make the first one later this week reiterating the varying PR career paths open to people. I will also offer some advice on completing CVs, covering letters and tailoring your applications to ensure yours is picked up by potential employers.
In the meantime, thanks to those that gave up their free Monday evening to listen to me and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. For those of you who weren’t there then there will be a video to view on the internet shortly.
Hi again David. I’m looking forward to your helpful blogs and thanks again for a fantastic guest lecture.
Comment made on 5 November, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
Dear Mr Childs
Thank you very much for your insightful lecture on Monday evening.
I am currently writing my covering letter to accompany my Curriculm Vitae to send to prospective employers for a short term placement.
I am hoping to contact Quest PR as one of those possible employers and was wondering if you have any tips as to what I should include?
Thank you for taking your time to read this.
Kind regards,
Nicola Louise Tighe
1st Year BA Hons Public Relations
Leeds Metropolitan University
Comment made on 6 November, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
My apologies for the incorrect spelling of your name.
Nicola
Comment made on 6 November, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Thanks Nicola - and don’t worry about the name (although that would be important on a covering letter!). As I promised, I shall post a blog on this early next week, which should help you in your applications.
Comment made on 7 November, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
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