As a soon-to-be college graduate, I can say with confidence I know the job application process pretty darn well. I’ve filled out my fair share of applications, and in doing so I’ve discovered a seemingly impossible task my peers and I face: gaining enough job experience before graduation. All hope comes to a halt as… Read More Are Internships the New Entry-Level Job?
I’ve lost count of the number of times someone has asked me, “Are you planning to work in the nonprofit or for-profit sector after graduation?” In a sense, I always feel cornered because my answer could be perceived multiple ways depending on the asker’s intent. Here’s how I always imagine it going: Scenario One “Are… Read More Why You Should Stop Pinning Your Career and Vocation Against One Another
Despite having faced a decent number of them, I still view transitions as a challenge. Fortunately, though, I am generally up for the task of adapting. Because I will be graduating this spring from American University when I complete my internship with Bravo Group, I have been contemplating the next significant transition to come. Upon… Read More Transitions and Adaptations: Discovering What Works
Super Bowl (event): Once-a-year occurrence when audiences watch TV for the sake of advertisements. Companies spend millions on 30-second Super Bowl ads with hopes of increasing brand recognition and awareness, but they often leave their audiences only with a good laugh or a compelling, sometimes misguided, thought. Commonly, Super Bowl ads go against the norm… Read More Super Bowl 51: Ad-vice for a Touchdown-Worthy Commercial
In working on infrastructure projects for two energy clients at Bravo Group, Williams and Sunoco Logistics, expanding the country’s energy portfolio and reaching energy independence are important pillars for these projects. With the national spotlight on the pipeline debate, it’s especially important that people understand what these projects mean for America’s infrastructure and in terms… Read More Our Actual Energy Needs
Interviewer: What would a day in the life of a public relations professional look like? Me: *Rattles off a list of tasks* Interviewer: What would a day in the life of a government relations professional look like? Me: *Looks dumbfounded* After taking countless college courses and completing an internship or two in public relations, I… Read More Putting the Pieces Together: A Day in the Life
College is a time for budding curiosity, starting lifelong friendships and regretting every purchase you ever made in your youth because you now realize the $60 you spent on Hollister jeans could have helped pay your car insurance bill this month. As a senior, I’m choosing to view college as the mama bird pushing the… Read More Growing Pains? More Like Growing Gains
You can collect facts until your brain is about to explode with all the information you have stuffed inside of it. But unless you know how to use it, what is it all for? Employers need people who can think for themselves and handle the unknown. In college, you’re given a syllabus at the beginning… Read More Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
I can’t believe it is December. It seems like just yesterday that I was sitting in the conference room for my interview, and now my internship at Bravo Group is at its end. From my first day in September, even though I was a little scared of what to expect, I knew I was going… Read More Final Days in Wayne
On a windy, chilly and rainy Saturday in October, I traveled to Westville, New Jersey, with a handful of co-workers from Bravo Group. We were canvassing the town on behalf of our client Aqua New Jersey, a company that provides and protects water for communities, about an issue with Westville’s water infrastructure. Westville is a… Read More Water, Water Everywhere
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