Advice for PR grads: Neaten thyself up a bit
If you show up on Skype for a job interview in PJs, bed-blanket fuzz balls nestled in your curly brown locks, you may be a tad too casual, even for the hip PR firm you want to hire you.
As the class of ’16 leaps into the real world, it’s time for some advice on how to move from graduate to real, live PR professional.
The cliché has it that millennials are lazy, uninvolved or complacent, but recent events have persuaded me that the narcissism label slapped on millennials has been partially earned.
I’m not talking about anecdotes about how 20-somethings don’t like cereal because cleaning a bowl and a spoon is too much work . I’m referring to serious incidents, such as not getting a job or an internship because of being late to an interview or showing up hung over.
What makes that so troubling is that millennials endlessly point to the poor job market and their inability to get a foot in the door as the reason for their malaise.
Here are a few tips for whippersnappers with PR aspirations looking to list something other than “resident dorm monitor” on their résumé.
1. Be on time.
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