Oooh Jobs

When I first read this article about the economic downturn and loss of jobs for mass communication students, I thought the future for my friends and I was looking fairly dismal. I was happy to see at the end that PR students are doing significantly better in finding jobs after graduation than any of our communication counterparts. I must admit, the whole time I was reading the article, I was thinking to myself, "Well, its a good thing I am trying to find a job outside of the country when I first get out of school."

The past few days I have been researching jobs in Europe varying from teaching English as a second language to working as some sort of communications person at high-end hostels. After I studied abroad two summers ago in Italy, I have been itching to get back to Europe. After reading that gloomy article, this seems like a better idea than I thought. I thought that it was very interesting that PR students are typically more inclined to take jobs outside their direct degree. I, myself, have always been open to jobs that might not fall under the traditional category of public relations. This information is definitely valuable, and I think we have an outstanding education that might give a lot of us an edge over some of our mass comm peer. :)

Blog Action Day 2009

As a part of this year's Blog Action Day I decided that since I am not the most knowledgable person on the issue of climate change I would talk about a company that is. I know that I have written about Patagonia before, but they continue to impress me with their desire for corporate social resposiblity and more specifically their extreme measures to cause little to no harm to the environment. They have many programs installed in order to not only stay green and clean but they are also adamant about spreading the word to encourage others to live a greener life. They are apart of 1% for the Planet, which is a group of companies that gives 1% of all sales to grassroots environmentalist companies. In a recent blog post, they even discuss climate change and how we can affect it this year.

Aside from being a part of this organization, Patagonia also has its own blog, The Cleanest Line, which updates on environmental issues as well. If one is wondering how exactly Patagonia is working to keep their company environmentally sustainable, the company offers a step by step process of how and where their clothing is made. They call this The Footprint Chronicles.

These are the people that are actually working to change the deterioration of our world and environment and have used their position in the best way possible.

t.v. to talk about and music to jam about

Our event, t.v. to talk about and music to jam about, was a promotional event for the CW network in promotion of their new shows 90210 and Melrose Place. Our group decided to host an event on our school's Front Campus that included a free raffle of some of Milledgeville's finest restaurants and stores as well as concerts by Blake Whitworth and The Whales. Whitworth has an acoustic, John Mayer style and The Whales were a hip-hop/rock group. Neither band failed to impress and the night provided attendees with free food and a handful with great prizes. Because GCSU's Fall Break began the next day, there were not as many students in attendance as we had hoped. We also had guests fill out a survey about the CW so we could get a better feel for the shows' audiences and who they should target. I think this was a great learning experience for all teams involved and I look forward to planning more events!