Thank-you Notes: Handwritten or Emailed?
Our recent blog post – Why You Will Never Get Hired At Our PR Firm, a lament on the lack of gratitude expressed by many in the job market – spawned a host of thoughtful replies from both employers and…
Why You Will Never Get Hired at Our PR Firm
We had an experience today at our agency that has left us shaking our heads. Actually, what we experienced was what Yogi Berra famously referred to as déjà vu all over again. The upshot is that a (probably unsuspecting…make that…
Meet, Greet, and Tweet
Job hunters have long known that connections can be key. It’s often said it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Increasingly, however, people are making those professional connections through social media – with people they’ve never met in…
Why Asking for a Job is the Worst Way to Actually Find a Job
Last night, I participated in the HAPPO (Help a PR Pro Out) live-tweet event on Twitter. This one was especially geared toward college students and recent grads trying to break into the world of PR. Throughout the evening, I repeatedly…
PR Without Borders
I just returned from the semi-annual gathering of the Public Relations Global Network – an independent network of 40 public relations firms from around the world to which Buchanan PR belongs. It’s a veritable United Nations when we assemble to…