1. 10 Ways to Get Ahead in the “Real World” Things that I learned in my Practicum class

5. It is a good idea to know important facts about the company. This will let the interviewer know you are serious about the job.

6. Start preparing for your interview a few hours before the actual interview.

9. Use Job Search Engines. Search the job search engines.

11. FREE by: Chris Anderson The book Free is a great book it provides incite to why companies have an incentive to give things away for free, and how in the near future everything will be free. “ Free is the most frequently GOOGLED word” -Chris Anderson Read it!

12. Become a member of Linkedin Linkedin is very important in the Public Relations world! LinkedIn has over 50 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the world. A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and about half of our members are outside the U.S. Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members.

13. Portfolios Gather samples of your work. This could include writing samples, photographs, published clips, brochures, plans, reports, research papers or drawings. Choose a wide variety of materials to demonstrate the scope of your abilities Practice demonstrating your portfolio before the actual interview. Make sure you can find each of the samples easily as you talk through your resume and answer questions. Arrange your samples, resume and a handful of business cards into a quality binder.