It has finally happened. Like many of my fellow peers that I have sat by in journalism classes for the past six semesters, I have actually made it to the final year of my college career, also known as 16th grade.
Naturally, I am filled with senioritis and find myself uncomfortably squirming in the tiny chairs in many of my classes. But this year is different than the final year of high school where graduation is a mere celebration into advanced schooling. This year, I am filled with something new, something scary and something inevitable: joberitis.
This awkward, yet intriguing, feeling pretty much tells me that after this year of school I have to become a grown-up, I need to look for a job.
There are many places online to look for a job: monster.com, careerbuilder.com and jobs.org. But do those sites really succeed in helping people find jobs that fit their background and education?
I recently have found a couple websites that can be useful in helping PR students and other journalism students search for the perfect job.
First, PRweekjobs.com is a great website to look for PR job listings that are updated weekly. This site provides information regarding job descriptions, location and pay.
The next PR job resource that I find useful is the PRSA job center. This site lets PRSA and PRSSA members take a first look at PR jobs available within a specific location. Also, becoming a member of CSU’s chapter of PRSSA provides advantages including networking and more access to job searching.
Finally, one of the best sources that will never fail is networking. A great website for professional networking is Linkedin.com, a myspace for grown-ups. Linkedin offers you networking capabilities with professionals in many different industries including PR and marketing.
Although many PR students might not have joberitis yet, these sites just might be the cure.
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