Are There Any Jobs Left?

By Connie Hoi, Intern As a senior in college, I’m starting to wonder if there are any jobs left. Competition is tough with more and more graduates and less job opportunities made available. Many people choose to sit at home and apply for hundreds of jobs and never get a response. They never think that […]

LinkedIn as the New Resume

By Connie Hoi, Intern As everyone is on a continuous search for jobs and internships in the market, a new tool many recruiters are using is  LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site that allows users to connect with others through their professional connections. When people apply for jobs at places today they have […]

How to Facilitate Your Job Search with Social Media

By Hannan Ben Slimane, Intern Social media is not only useful for having a sense of community with clients and engaging in discussions. Today, more and more people can build any kind of network, have contacts and even find jobs via social media.  In this article, I will talk about my own experience concerning the […]

The RFP No-no's

My suggestion … do some research in advance to understand the right “type” of agency for the job, defining size, location, specialization, service capability and whatever other criteria make sense.

What's in Your Twitter Toolkit?

By: Frank Fay, Account Executive, Fusion PR (@frankfay) The benefits of Twitter to PR pros and journalists alike are limitless. However harnessing the power of Twitter has proven a little more difficult in such a diverse, somewhat disorganized, online community. It seems that everywhere you look, someone is coming out with a new tool that […]

Using and Abusing Search to Your Advantage

By: Aamir Syed, Account Coordinator, Fusion PR Thursday evening, Friday morning, Friday afternoon, and Friday evening was the time period where I was planning on celebrating a never-before comeback of a 1-3 deficit, winning another championship, and bringing the prized Larry O’Brien trophy back to Los Angeles. Instead, went to Las Vegas. But while in […]

Power Searching for PR Professionals

By Bob Geller, Senior Vice President, NY Although Google has done a great job with search, the iconic blank screen with a simple , stark search box has dumbed down the art of finding things on the Web. Ever more powerful algorithms improve relevancy of results, relieving people of the burden of actually understanding how […]