Job Hunting
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s the end of the year quickly approaches, senior public relations student Michelle Parmer is spending most of her time scouring different resources looking for her first real job. Some of her peers have already secured jobs, and that fact only makes her work harder to find a job that she will be happy with.
Seniors across Auburn University’s campus are sharing a similar experience with Parmer as time winds down until the end of the spring semester. The situation proves to be even more challenging because many seniors face the duty of completing major final projects at the same time. Parmer says that this is why she began her job search early in the semester. “I started looking over a month ago,” she says.
The process of applying for jobs can be very different for different individuals. While Parmer has been applying to an assortment of companies of different kinds, some applicants only choose to contact a certain kind of organization, or have their heart already set on a particular position. Parmer knows that she can increase her opportunities by making her job search all-encompassing. She says, “I’ve applied to a lot of big organizations as well as to small ones. Not all of them have been public relations firms, but some have in-house departments.”
Parmer’s method may show students who will start their job search soon that there are many different kinds of opportunities to be examined. When asked what advice she would give to future public relations job applicants Parmer says, “Save your internship for your last semester. I didn’t, and I regret that now.” Waiting to do the required public relations internship may lead to future job offers if a student is ready to graduate. These lucky students are able to avoid the job search all-together.
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