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BUILDING YOUR BRAND & FINDING THAT FIRST JOB
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Gary McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA Director, Partnership Development, HGTV
Kevin Saghy, Manager, Communications, Chicago Cubs
BUILDING YOUR BRAND & FINDING THAT FIRST JOB
TRADITIONAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES Advice from Dave Fleet • Writing • Communications skills • Attention to detail • Media relations • Proactive • Work ethics • (I’m adding) Curiosity / Competitive
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NEW SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES • Blogging / Microblogging • Social networking tools • Understand SEO • Coding • RSS / RSS Readers • Blogger relations • Social media ethics – astroturfing, ghost
blogging, sock puppets,
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WHAT’S THE REAL STORY
Looking for employees, the hiring manager • Wants to mitigate risk • Is filling an opening on a team • Is balancing the time it takes to hire with his/
her real job • Will never find the “perfect” candidate (think
of that prom dress search…)
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FINDING A JOB, IS A FULL TIME JOB!
• Who Are You? • What Have You Done? • Who Do You Know? • What Are Your Skills? • Where Do You Live? • How Committed Are You? • What Are Your Dreams? Passions?
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THE CAPTURE STRATEGY
• Who do I know that knows the company or hiring manager?
• What do I know about the position? • What do I know about the company? • What makes me unique for the position? • What can I do to improve my chances of being
interviewed? Hired?
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Job Description: Scripps Networks' Corporate Communications team is currently looking for an energetic, detail-oriented public relations intern in our communications department at the company headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn. Corporate communications interns at Scripps Networks receive multi-faceted, hands-on experience in a variety of PR disciplines including consumer and trade media relations, marketing, event marketing, internal communications, public affairs, and presentation services.
Projects and Assignments Planned for Internship: - Research, write and distribute a weekly e-mail newsletter about GAC programming and promotions. - Research, compose and revise bios of Scripps Networks employees involved with the corporate communications speakers bureau. - Research / assist in the planning and/or executive of events on behalf of the event marketing team. - Research and write articles for internal communications including daily, weekly and quarterly newsletters. The intern will work with corporate communications team members to develop ideas and story outlines. - Assist in the development of story ideas and pitches for trade media. - Shoot and edit video for internal and external use. - Research media coverage of a particular topic, company or industry and generate a clip book that would be distributed to senior executives. Successful candidates for this internship are very goal oriented, work well in a team environment, and must have a desire to invest in their experience with us to reach personal and professional goals. In addition, the intern candidate must: - Demonstrate strong writing/editing skills (AP-style proficient) - Major in Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism or related field
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YOUR PUBLIC PERSONA • Facebook – it’s more about what you like • Microblogs - Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr • Posts on blogs, comments on articles • Have you Googled yourself lately? • What will friends, co-workers say about you? • Do you have a BRAND?
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WORK EXPERIENCE What is it and how crucial is it? • Be creative in what you have done • Don’t be afraid to ask for references and letters of
recommendation • Don’t limit yourself to jobs for your experience • Bottom line - You better have it!
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BUILDING A RESUME / PORTFOLIO • Qualitative and Quantitative examples • Revise to include keywords from job
description and/or use in website • Have samples you can leave • Consider an electronic portfolio linked by QR
Code on your business card (think if you personalized it!)
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COVER LETTERS AND INTERVIEWS
• Your cover letter should be your best writing sample
• Never use template cover letter, replacing company and contact names, etc.
• Practice interviewing – i.e. media training • Develop an “elevator” speech • Interview the company as much as they interview
you
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NETWORKING • Three degrees of separation • Provides access and opportunity any where in
the world • Transitions you into new “cultures” • Eliminates a lot of the competition • Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers” - Leverages
someone else’s 10,000 hours • Social media isn’t connecting!
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THE JOB SEARCH
• The Hot Line / Change phone habits
• The Email Address
• The Wardrobe
• The Appropriate Follow Up
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RESOURCES
• Culpwrit column • Culpwrit advice by Abby Stollar, Univ. of Delaware • University of Alabama Platform Magazine • Mashable, PRNewser • Keith Ferrazzi’s “Never Eat Alone” • Flipboard, Streamboard • RSS Feeds
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PRESENTERS’ CONTACT INFORMATION
Gary McCormick [email protected]
@garymac865
Kevin Saghy [email protected]
@CredibleKev
The slides and audio from this Webinar will be archived on The Plank Center website at: http://plankcenter.ua.edu/resources/webinars