My earliest memory of my career aspirations stretches back to when I was 7. I entered a drawing competition at my local Credit Union and the topic was ‘What I want to be when I grow up’. At the age of 7 career ideas aren’t overly varied, usually ranging from a nurse, to a singer
Pursuing a degree in PR was not at the top of my list when going through the University prospectuses. In fact, I was so sure I was going to be a psychologist or at least something related to that industry and that was it. Fast forward to results day and what seemed to be my
First of all, what is Public Relations? The Chartered Institute of Public relations has defined Public Relations as ‘the discipline which looks after reputation, with the aim of earning understanding and support and influencing opinion and behaviour. It is the planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain goodwill and mutual understanding between an organisation
Where do I begin… In second year of uni the time soon came to start deciding and applying for placement year opportunities. I’ll be honest with you, my first thought was no way am I dragging this uni carry on out for an extra year – basically I wanted to go straight to final year,
My first introduction to the PR industry was reaping the benefits of free concert tickets and backstage passes to meet many artists thanks to my aunty working as the Sales and Promotions Manager in Cool FM and Downtown Radio for many years. As Morris and Goldsworthy (2016; pp.13) highlighted a career in PR can be
“You could sell ice to the Eskimos.” Although the correct term is ‘Inuit’, my nine-year-old self overlooked this faux pas in the Young Enterprise workshop as visions of world financial domination flooded my impressionable young mind. Before my eyes, my future as a brain surgeon and part-time lawyer morphed into the ambiguous and unimaginative title
These 13 years have been, arguably, the most fun, rewarding, painful and exciting years of my life! It all started back in 2006; around August/September time. My older brother, Brian, had been playing at a football/social youth club called ‘Orchardville Boys’ for some time now with a few of his friends. Seeing as there where
October 22nd 2019. For many in Northern Ireland, it was a day of liberation and celebration. For others, it was their country’s #DarkestDay. I’m sure for others, it was somewhere in between. I’m not here to comment on the laws that passed, but the discussion that they provoked which I found gravely concerning. Before we
Women have never been so able as they are today; so why are we still so angry? The number of female heads of state is at an all-time high, girls are outperforming boys at school, there are a higher number of females attending university and millennial women are out-earning their male peers. In topical news,
“So how’d Australia go?” “Sad to be back?” “Everyone seems to have the life of it out there!” Em, Yes I suppose? When someone asks me how Australia went it’s always a bit of a lopsided question with an answer that just doesn’t do the most chaotic year of my life any justice. Enter, “Awk